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Heather Kellerhals-Stewart

Author

Box 250
Heriot Bay, B.C.
V0P 1H0
Phone: (250) 285-3570
Fax: (250) 285-2981

Born: Toronto, ON
Married, two children

Biography

After graduating in English Language and Literature from U. of Toronto and Social Work from U.of British Columbia, Heather worked with children in group and foster homes. She is presently living on an old, quarter section homestead on Quadra Island. When not writing, she is busy organic farming, rounding up various farm animals or working on a Managed Forest and Woodlot with her partner, Rolf.

Published Works

Brave Highland Heart, Stoddart Kids, 1999
My Brother's Train, Groundwood, 1997
Witch's Fang, Polestar Publishers, 1994
Skookum Sam, Spar Tree Man, Polestar Publishers, 1992
The Whale's Way, Polestar Publishers, 1988
Stuck Fast in Yesterday, Groundwood, 1983
Cricket Christmas, Borealis, 1978
Rory and the Whooping Crane, Borealis, 1977
Muktu, the Backward Muskox, 1975, 1978, 1999
She Shoots, She Scores, Women's Press, 1975

Awards

Our Choice Children's Book Centre: Skookum Sam, Spar Tree Man, My Brother's Train, Brave Highland Heart.
Brave Highland Heart shortlisted for GG award in illustration, 1999, Werner Zimmermann, illustrator

Other Memberships

Writer's Union of Canada, B.C. Federation of Writers, Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable, IBBY, PEN International, Amnesty letter writing network for writers.

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