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Lena Coakley

Author

Born: January 24, 1967. Milford Connecticut, USA

Biography

Lena Coakley has twice won second prize in the Sunday Star Short Story Contest. Her first children's book, On the Night of the Comet was published in Fall 2004 by Orca Book Publishers. Lena studied writing at Sarah Lawrence College in New York and in Peter Carver's Writing for Children class at George Brown College. She lives in Toronto and is the Administrative Director of CANSCAIP, the Canadian Society of Children's Authors Illustrators and Performers.

Published Works

Mrs. Goodhearth and the Gargoyle, 2005
On the Night of the Comet, Orca Book Publishers, 2004
"Captain Nemo", short story, (Second Prize, 2002 Sunday Star Short Story Contest), in The Toronto Star, July 14, 2002.
"Mirror Image," short story (reprinted) in Imprints, Gage Educational Publishers, 2001.
"Snow and Apples", short story in Up All Night, Thistledown Press, 2001.
"The Summer House" and "The Swimmer" (poems) in The Amethyst Review, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2000.
"Mouse", (Second Prize, 1999 Sunday Star Short Story Contest) in The Toronto Star, July 4, 1999.
"Dim Voices" poem in Cold Morning, Mekler and Deahl, 1998.
"Mirror Image" in Prairie Fire, Vol. 19, No. 3, 1998.

Awards

Mrs. Goodhearth and the Gargoyle, Resource Links Best Books of 2005 List
On the Night of the Comet, Resource Links Best Books of 2004 List, 2005 Our Choice Selection

Other Memberships

IBBY, SCBWI, TWUC

Available For

Readings across Canada


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