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CANSCAIP Members
 Julie Lawson
Author
450 Simcoe Street, Suite 1111
Victoria, BC
V8V 1L4
Phone/Fax: (250) 361-3938
Email: julielawson@shaw.ca
Born: November 9. Victoria, BC.
Biography
Born and raised in Victoria, B.C., Julie Lawson spent 18 years as an elementary school teacher before becoming a full-time author in 1991. Since then, she has published over twenty books for young people. Her first novel, White Jade Tiger, won the prestigious Sheila Egoff Award in 1994, and over the years she has garnered awards and nominations, critical acclaim, and much recognition.
The subjects of Julie's books range from cougars, ghosts and Chinese dragons, to fishing adventures and tongue-twisting pirates. Her interest in the history of the Canadian Pacific Railway is evident not only in White Jade Tiger, but also in her picture book, Emma and the Silk Train and her novel, A Ribbon of Shining Steel. Her Goldstone Trilogy is based on the worst disaster in CPR history - the 1910 avalanche at B.C.'s Rogers Pass. Other historical works were inspired by the Klondike Gold Rush, and were written while she was the writer-in-residence at the (Pierre) Berton House Writers Retreat in Dawson City, Yukon.
Julie divides her time between writing at home and visiting schools and libraries. She has spoken to Roundtable groups, toured for Canadian Children's Book Week, conducted writing workshops, taught university courses on writing children's literature, and been a presenter at conferences for adults and children across North America.
In her spare time, Julie enjoys travelling the world by train or container ship, hiking, spending time with friends, and curling up with a good book. She lives in Victoria, B.C. with her husband, Patrick.
Published Works
No Safe Harbour: The Halifax Explosion Diary of Charlotte Blackburn (Scholastic Dear Canada series, 2006)
Arizona Charlie and the Klondike Kid (Orca, 2005)
Emily: Summer of Gold (Penguin Our Canadian Girl series, 2004)
The Klondike Cat (Kids Can Press, 2002)
A Ribbon of Shining Steel: The Railway Diary of Kate Cameron (Scholastic, Dear Canada series, 2002)
Emily 2: Disaster at the Bridge (Penguin, Our Canadian Girl series, 2002)
Across the James Bay Bridge (Penguin, Our Canadian Girl series, 2001)
Destination Gold! (Orca, 2000)
The Ghost of Avalanche Mountain (Stoddart, 2000) Part Three of the Goldstone Trilogy
Bear on the Train (Kids Can, 1999. Illustrated by Brian Deines)
Midnight in the Mountains (Orca, 1998. Illustrated by Sheena Lott)
In Like a Lion (Scholastic, 1998. Illustrated by Yolaine Lefebvre)
Turns on a Dime (Stoddart, 1998)
Goldstone (Stoddart, 1997)
Emma and the Silk Train (Kids Can Press, 1997. Illustrated by Paul
Mombourquette)
Whatever You Do, Don't Go Near That Canoe! (Scholastic, 1996. Illustrated by Werner Zimmerman)
Too Many Suns (Stoddart, 1996. Illustrated by Martin Springett)
Cougar Cove (Orca, 1996)
Blown Away (Red Deer College Press, 1995, Illustrated by Kathryn Naylor)
Fires Burning (Stoddart, 1995; Little, Brown in the U.S. 1996 as Danger Game)
White Jade Tiger (Beach Holme, 1993)
The Dragon's Pearl (Oxford University Press, 1992; published in the U.S. by Clarion Press, 1993, Illustrated by Paul Morin)
Kate's Castle (Oxford University Press, 1992, Illustrated by Frances Tyrrell)
My Grandfather Loved the Stars (Beach Holme, 1992, Illustrated by Judy McLaren)
A Morning to Polish and Keep (Red Deer College Press, 1992, Illustrated by Sheena Lott)
The Sand Sifter (Beach Holme, 1990)
Awards
The Klondike Cat
* Christie Harris Award, Shortlist
A Ribbon of Shining Steel: The Railway Diary of Kate Cameron
* C.L.A. Award, Shortlist, 2003
* Hackmatack Award, Shortlist, 2004
Midnight in the Mountains (Orca, 1998. Illustrated by Sheena Lott)
*Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award, Shortlist, 1999
Turns on a Dime (Stoddart, 1998)
*National Chapter of Canada IODE Violet Downey Book Award, Shortlist, 1999
Goldstone (Stoddart, 1997)
*CNIB Torgi Award, Shortlist, 1999
*Regional Winner and Finalist, Silver Birch Award, 1998
Emma and the Silk Train (Kids Can Press, 1997. Illustrated by Paul
Mombourquette)
*International Reading Association Teachers' Choice, 1999
*Sheila A. Egoff Award, Shortlist, 1998
*Junior Library Guild Selection, 1998
Whatever You Do, Don't Go Near That Canoe! (Scholastic, 1996. Illustrated
by Werner Zimmerman)
*Winner of the CNIB's Tiny Torgi Award, 1997
*International Youth Library White Ravens Notable, 1997
*Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award, Shortlist, 1997
*Runner-up for the Governor-General's Award for Illustrations, 1996
Cougar Cove (Orca, 1996)
*Regional Winner and Finalist for the Ontario Silver Birch Award, 1997
Fires Burning (Stoddart, 1995; Little, Brown in the U.S. 1996 as Danger Game )
*Shortlisted for the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 1998
*Shortlisted for the ALA Best Books for Young Adults list, 1996
White Jade Tiger (Beach Holme, 1993)
*Winner of the Sheila A. Egoff Award, 1994
*Shortlisted for the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award
*Shortlisted for the Ontario Library Association Silver Birch Award
*CLA Fiction Notable
The Dragon's Pearl (Oxford University Press, 1992; published in the U.S.
by Clarion Press, 1993, Illustrated by Paul Morin)
*Short-listed for the Ruth Schwartz Award and the CLA Book of the Year Award
*Winner of the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for illustrations.
*U.S. 1993 NAPPA Award for Folklore (National Parenting Publications Award)
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