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Fiona Bayrock

Author

Chilliwack, British Columbia
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Web: http://www.fionabayrock.com

Born: Saskatchewan
Family: Husband and three kids

Biography

Fiona Bayrock has always enjoyed playing with words, but was well into adulthood before discovering her passion for science. She studied business at university and completed a Commerce Degree (University of British Columbia) before realizing she was far more interested in why something is the way it is than managing the profits from it. She returned to university to study science and hasn't been in a boardroom since. She now spends her time writing---mostly way cool science---for children and young adults.

Fiona delights in untangling complicated ideas, relishes a good mystery, and is constantly in search of the Aha! She speaks to scientists around the world about all kinds of cool stuff, from palindromes, bats, and suckers, to chemistry and solar wind. She loves to share her findings with the most curious beings on the planet---kids. Her goal is to inspire kids to ask questions about their world, to have them make connections and create their own Eureka! Moments by "checking stuff out".

Fiona was born under the prairie sun, grew up with her toes in the Pacific Ocean, and threw snowballs north of 60 for many years. She currently lives with her husband and three kids in a forest on the side of a mountain in Chilliwack, British Columbia.

Published Works

Bubble Homes and Fish Farts, Charlesbridge, 2009
States of Matter: A Question and Answer Book, Capstone Press, 2006
Sound: A Question and Answer Book, Capstone Press, 2006
Books in Scholastic's Literacy Place for the Early Years:
--Extreme Animals!, Scholastic Canada, 2007
--Icebergs!, Scholastic Canada, 2007
--What Am I?, Scholastic Canada, 2006
--Hop! Spring! Leap!: Animals that Jump, Scholastic Canada, 2006
--How Do Polar Bears Stay Warm?, Scholastic Canada, 2006
The Ocean Explorer's Handbook, Scholastic, 2005

Over 60 magazine articles in magazines such as YES Mag, KNOW, Odyssey, Highlights for Children, WILD, and Boys' Quest.

Awards

2009 - Junior Library Guild Selection - Bubble Homes and Fish Farts
2004 - Martha Weston Award - Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)
2002 "BC Festival of the Arts" Juried selection

Other Memberships

CWILL-BC, Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable, SCBWI, Yellowknife Children's Literature Roundtable (past member)

Available For

Author visits and readings for grades K-7...blending language arts and science with humour.