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CANSCAIP Members
 Priscilla Galloway
Author
12 Didrickson Drive
North York, ON
M2P 1J6
Phone: 416-225-8534
Fax: 416-225-5598
Email: priscilla@galloway.net
Web: www.priscilla.galloway.net
Born: July 22, 1930. Montreal, Quebec.
Howard Collum; family includes 2 great-grandchildren!
Biography
Priscilla Galloway, Ph.D, has been a full-time author since 1993. Too Young to Fight: Memories from our Youth During World War II, won the major international Bologna Ragazzi award in 2000, the first Canadian book to do so. Other titles among her twenty-two books were nominated for the Canadian Library Association, Mr. Christie's, and Red Cedar awards; eight were Our Choice selections.
Previously, Galloway taught in high-schools and universities and worked as a language arts consultant with children of all ages. She was honored as Teacher of the Year by the Ontario Council of Teachers of English. She is a past president of CANSCAIP (the Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers). Priscilla's eclectic career also includes operating a trailer park and managing an apartment building, not to mention a brief foray into cosmetic sales and a short stint as a cucumber farmer. Born in Montreal in 1930, Priscilla has lived, written, taught and scuba-dived from Pacific to Atlantic, from southern farming country to northern mines, from the Caribbean to New Zealand. Her home base is Toronto.
Readers must decide if she is really "a mixture of Lucille Ball and Vincent Price."
Published Works
Archers, Alchemists and 98 Other Medieval Jobs You Might Have Loved or Loathed. Annick, 2003
Lisa, Book One: Overland to Cariboo. Penguin Canada, OUR CANADIAN GIRL SERIES, 2003.
The Courtesan's Daughter. Penguin Canada, 2003. Delacorte (Random House, USA) 2002
Too Young to Fight: Memories from our Youth During
World War II. Galloway, Priscilla, ed. Stoddart, Sept. 1999.
$29.95 hc, 75 b&w photos. 0-7737-31903, all ages.
My Hero, Hercules. Annick, 1999.
$6.95 1-555037-568-7 (pap) $16.95 1-555037-569-5 (cloth) Grades 5-10.
Snake Dreamer. Stoddart, 1998.
$16.95 Cloth 0-7737-5981-6.
In USA: Delacorte, May, 1998. 0-385-32264-X (cloth) YA. Grades 6 and up.
Emily of New Moon. by L.M. Montgomery, adapted for younger readers by Priscilla Galloway. Seal Books, 1998
(pap). $5.99 0-7704-2748-0. Delacorte, 1998. $12.95 0-385-32506-1 (cloth) Grades 2-4.
Daedalus and the Minotaur. Illus. by Normand Cousineau. Annick, 1997.
$14.95 1-555037-458-3 (pap) $27.95 1-555037-459-1 (cloth) Grades 4-9.
Aleta and the Queen: a Tale of Ancient Greece. Illus. by Normand Cousineau. Annick, 1995.
$14.95 1-555037-462-1 (pap) $29.95 1-555037-400-1 (cloth) Grades 5-10.
Atalanta, the Fastest Runner in the World. Illus. by Normand Cousineau, Annick Press, 1995
$12.95 1-555037-463-X (pap) $24.95 1-555037-401-X (cloth) Grades 4-8
Truly Grim Tales. Can.: Stoddart, 1996. $12.95 0-7737-5846-1.
U.S.A.: Delacorte, 1995. 0-385-32200-3 (pap). Laurel-Leaf, 1998. $US $4.99/NCR 0-440-22728-3 Grades 6 and up.
Good Times, Bad Times, Mummy and Me. Illus. by Lissa Calvert. Women's Press, 1980.
0-88961-066-5 (pap) Preschool - grade 2.
Jennifer Has Two Daddies. Illus. by Ana Auml. Women's Press, 1985.
0-88961-095-9 (pap) Preschool - grade 2.
Seal Is Lost. Illus. by Karen Patkau. Annick, 1988.
1-55037-018-9 (pap) 1-55037-019-7 (cloth) Preschool - grade 2 (o/p).
When You Were Little and I Was Big. Illus. by Heather Collins. Annick, 1984.
0-920236-71-5 (pap) 0-920236-84-7 (cloth) Preschool - grade 2 (o/p: author has copies).
Timely and Timeless: Contemporary Prose. Galloway, Priscilla, ed., Irwin, 1983.
0-7720-1413-2 (Ed.); 0-7720-1409-4 (Trade). Grade 11 up.
Timely and Timeless: a Teacher's Guide. Clarke Irwin, 1984. 0-7720-1447-7
What's Wrong with High School English? . . . it's sexist, unCanadian, outdated. OISE Press, 1980 (o/p).
Paperback. 0-7744-0197-4. Adult.
Doctoral Thesis: "Sexism and the Senior English Literature Curriculum in Ontario Secondary Schools," University of Toronto, l977, 457 p.
English adaptations of French text by N. Girard and P. Danheux, ill. by Michel Bédard:
Anna, Paul and Tommycat Say Hello. Lorimer, 1987. 1-55028-031-7 Preschool - gr. 2.
Looking for Tommycat. Lorimer, 1987. 1-55028-033-3 Preschool - grade 2.
Where Is Tommycat? Lorimer, 1988. 1-55028-117-8 Preschool - grade 2.
A Letter From The Moon. Lorimer, 1988. 1-55028-119-4 Preschool - grade 2.
Tommycat Comes Back At Last. Lorimer, 1988. 1-55028-121-6 Preschool - grade 2.
Tommycat Is Gone Again. Lorimer, 1988. 1-55028-123-2 Preschool - grade 2.
French and Spanish Translations:
Atalante, La Coureuse La Plus Rapide au Monde, illustrated by Normand Cousineau, translated by Michelle Asselin. Annick, 1997
Aléta et Pénélope, Un Récit de la Grëce Antique, illustrated by Normand Cousineau, translated by Michelle Asselin. Annick, 1997
Atalanta, La Corredora M·s Veloz del Mundo, illustrated by Normand Cousineau, translated by Leonora Véliz. México: Ediciones Sámara, 1996
Aleta Y La Reina, Una Historia de la Antigua Grecia, illustrated by Normand Cousineau, translated by Leonora Véliz. México: Ediciones Sámara, 1996
Italian Translations
La buona madre, translated by Beatrice Visconti. Mondadori, 2003. Original title, Truly Grim Tales.
La figlia di Medusa, translated by Renata Morteo, Mondadori, 2000. Original title: Snake Dreamer
Other Publications
Priscilla Galloway has also published short stories, poetry and book reviews (many reviews of Canadian books for young people), as well as study guides for 27 Canadian books, a newspaper column and other non-fiction.
Awards
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION SELECTION, BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS 2002:
The Courtesan's Daughter
YOUNG ADULT LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION (YALSA) & AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (ALA), POPULAR PAPERBACKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS LIST (25 titles, "Short Takes"), 2000:
Truly Grim Tales
BOLOGNA RAGAZZI AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT NON-FICTION:
Too Young to Fight, International jury citation
GLOBE AND MAIL
Editor's Choice, Saturday, Nov. 13, 1999:
Too Young to Fight: Memories from Our Youth During World War II
QUILL AND QUIRE, BEST BOOKS OF 1999, Children's Non-Fiction:
Too Young to Fight: Memories from Our Youth During World War II, #2
RED CEDAR BOOK AWARD:
Daedalus and the Minotaur, Finalist, 1999-2000
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY EXHIBITION OF BOOKS FOR THE TEEN AGE 1999 (70th annual exhibition):
Snake Dreamer, 1999
MR. CHRISTIE'S BOOK AWARDS:
Daedalus and the Minotaur, Finalist, 1998
CANADIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION YOUNG ADULT BOOK AWARD:
Truly Grim Tales, Finalist, 1996
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION SELECTION, BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS:
Truly Grim Tales
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION SELECTION, QUICK PICKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS:
Truly Grim Tales
HORN BOOK, starred review:
Truly Grim Tales
CANADIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK CENTRE, OUR CHOICE:
Too Young to Fight, starred selection, 2000
My Hero, Hercules, 2000
Snake Dreamer, 1998
Daedalus and the Minotaur, starred selection, 1997
Truly Grim Tales, starred selection, 1996-7
Atalanta, the Fastest Runner in the World, starred selection, 1996-7
Aleta and the Queen, a Tale of Ancient Greece, starred selection, 1996-7
Good Times, Bad Times, Mummy and Me
Other Memberships
The Writers' Union of Canada
P.E.N. International
Children's Literature Association
IBBY - International Board on Books for Young People
Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre
Available For
School and library readings, all ages. Presentations to suit curriculum, grade 3, Pioneers; grade 4, Medieval; grade 5, Ancient Greece; grade 6, Writing Memoir and Biography. Example: PRISCILLA GALLOWAY has taken her Archers, Alchemists medieval show on the road! Costumes, props and magic, as well as the wonders of modern technology (PowerPoint) encourage enthusiastic audience participation. For curriculum reasons, school audiences are mostly grade 4; however, the show also works well with a mixed-age group.
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