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Rick Book

Author

2387 Queen Street East
Suite 3
Toronto, ON
M4E 1H5
Telephone: 416-698-7051
Email: smplanet@sympatico.ca

Born: June 29, 1949. Central Butte, Saskatchewan

Biography

Rick was born and raised on a prairie wheat farm and has spent much of his career in Toronto as a writer.

His short story collection, Christmas in Canada, was launched to critical acclaim in November, 2003 (Red Deer Press). He is the author of: three historical fiction novellas - Blackships, Thanadelthur and Sacagawea, for the series Young Heroes of North America (Heartland); an award-winning short story collection, Necking With Louise (Red Deer/Harper Collins US); a children's picture book, The Lonely Seagull (Penumbra); as well as stories in anthologies for Canadian schools

Rick started his career with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a news reporter, and spent many years in advertising, writing campaigns for multinational corporations and threadbare charities. His documentaries have won awards around the world and he's written an IMAX film shown in Japan.  His articles have appeared in the Globe & Mail, Today's Senior, Kanawa and OWL magazine. In addition, he's one of Canada's most respected voice actors and narrates television and radio commercials and documentaries.

He has a son who's a computer engineer and a daughter who's in law school.

Published Works

Christmas in Canada, Red Deer Press, 2003.
Sacagawea: The Making of a Legend, historical fiction novella, Heartland, Winnipeg, 2003
Blackships and Thanadelthur in Young Heroes of North America, Volume 1, historical fiction novellas, Heartland, Winnipeg, 2001
Sun Dogs, short story, in Boys' Own: An Anthology of Stories for Boys, edited by Tim Wynne-Jones, Penguin Books Canada, 2001
Saying Good-Bye To the Tall Man, short story, in Close Ups, short story collection, Red Deer Press, 2000.
Necking With Louise, short story collection, Adult/YA, Red Deer Press, 1999. International Sales: Harper Collins New York, Germany.
Grandpa's Wooden Diary, children's illustrated story published in an anthology for Canadian schools, Prentice Hall Ginn, 1998.
The Day They Saved Her Majesty, co-authored with John Brown, children's illustrated story published in an anthology for Canadian schools, Prentice Hall Ginn, 1997.
The Lonely Seagull, children's picture book, Penumbra Press, 1992.

Awards

Christmas in Canada—Our Choice selection by the Canadian Children's Book Centre.
Sun Dogs, winner of the Vicky Metcalf Short Story Award, Canadian Authors Association
Necking With Louse, short story collection, Adult/YA, Red Deer Press, 1999.
Winner: Vicky Metcalf Short Story Award for Sun Dogs, Canadian Authors Association
Winner: Alberta Book of The Year for Children (Young Adults)
Runner Up: Canadian Library Association YA Book of the Year 2000
Starred review: US Publisher's Weekly.
Our Choice: Canadian Children's Book Centre
Selected: Books For Teen's List 2000, New York Public Library
International Sales: Harper Collins New York, Germany.
Sun Dogs: Winner of the Vicky Metcalf Short Story Award, Canadian Authors Association 2000

Other Memberships

ACTRA, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Writers' Union of Canada

Available For

School and library visits, teacher and teacher-librarian talks, creative writing workshops, classes Grade 4+ : 30-60 people

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