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 Elizabeth MacLeod
Author
23 Tullis Drive
Toronto, Ontario
M4S 2E2
Phone: (416) 322-5956
Fax: (416) 322-6007
Email: emacleod@writerinresidence.com
Born: October 21. Thornhill, Ontario.
Married to Paul Wilson
Biography
Getting a degree in sciences may not be an obvious first step to becoming a children's writer, but that was how Elizabeth MacLeod's career began. She survived the Banff Publishing Workshop a few years later and began work as an editor at OWL Magazine. Liz took a break from children's publishing to write for a software company, then became an editor at Kids Can Press where she still is an author and freelance editor.
Liz's books range from non-fiction to picture books to craft books. Currently, she's enjoying investigating the lives of such well-known people as Lucy Maud Montgomery, the Wright brothers and Albert Einstein, and making their lives interesting and accessible to children.
Published Works
Harry Houdini: A Magical Life,Kids Can Press Ltd., 2005
Chock Full of Chocolate, Kids Can Press Ltd., 2005
The Kids Book of Great Canadians,Kids Can Press Ltd., 2004
Helen Keller: A Perceptive Life, Kids Can Press Ltd., 2004
Marie Curie: A Brilliant Life, Kids Can Press Ltd., 2004
Bake and Make Amazing Cookies, Kids Can Press Ltd., 2004
Albert Einstein: A Life of Genius, Kids Can Press Ltd., 2003
The Wright Brothers: A Flying Start (Spring 2002)
What Did Dinosaurs Eat? (Kids Can Press Ltd., 2001)
Gifts to Make and Eat (Kids Can Press Ltd., 2001)
To the Top of Everest (co-author) (Kids Can Press Ltd., 2001)
Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Writer's Life (Kids Can Press Ltd., 2001)
Bake and Make Amazing Cakes (Kids Can Press Ltd., 2001)
Grow It Again (Kids Can Press Ltd., 1999)
Bake It and Build It (Kids Can Press Ltd., 1998)
I Heard a Little Baa (Kids Can Press Ltd., 1998)
Get Started: Stamp collecting for Canadian kids (Kids Can Press Ltd., 1996)
The Phone Book: Instant communication from smoke signals to satellites and beyond (Kids Can Press Ltd., 1995)
Dinosaurs: The fastest, the fiercest, the most amazing (Kids Can Press Ltd., 1994)
The Recycling Book (Greey de Pencier Books, 1991)
Australia (Grolier Ltd., 1990)
Puffins (Grolier Ltd., 1990)
Koalas (Grolier Ltd., 1989)
Lions (Grolier Ltd., 1988)
Articles in OWL Magazine and educational anthologies by Addison-Wesley, Gage, Houghton Mifflin and Nelson Canada.
Awards
For Helen Keller: A Perceptive Life: Information Book Award Finalist, Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada; ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year finalist; National Council for the Social Studies and Children’s Book Council Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People; Honor Book, Society of School Librarians International
For Marie Curie: A Brilliant Life: Hackmatack Award, shortlist;
For Albert Einstein: A Life of Genius: Hackmatack Award, shortlist; Red Cedar Book Award, shortlist; Silver Birch Award, shortlist; ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Awards, Juvenile Non-fiction, Bronze; Information Book Award Finalist, Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada; Science in Society Book Award shortlist, Canadian Science Writers’ Association; Tiny Torgi Audio Award nomination, The Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Library
For The Wright Brothers: A Flying Start: Red Cedar Book Award, shortlist; Information Book Award Finalist, Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada
For To the Top of Everest (co-author): Hackmatack Award, shortlist; Red Cedar Book Award, shortlist; Silver Birch Award, shortlist; Information Book Award Finalist, Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada
For Lucy Maud Montgomery: Rocky Mountain Book Award, shortlist; Silver Birch Award, shortlist.
For Alexander Graham Bell: Hackmatack Award, shortlist; Red Cedar Book Award, shortlist; Silver Birch Award, shortlist; Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People, Children's Book Council; Children's Literature Roundtables' Information Book Award, shortlist; Selected as Outstanding by Parent Council; Our Choice (Starred Selection).
For I Heard a Little Baa: Best of 1998, Child magazine.
For Stamp Collecting: Hackmatack Award, shortlist; National Philatelic Literature Exhibition, silver prize; Ontario Library Association, Best Bets, 1996; Our Choice, Red Cedar Book Award, shortlist.
For The Phone Book: Science in Society Book Award, shortlist; Silver Birch Award, shortlist.
For Dinosaurs: Ohio Teachers' and Pupils' Reading Circle Award, 1995. Also, EDPRESS writing awards and the RSVP Award for The Stamp Travellers' Club.
Available For
Author talks in schools and libraries for grades three to seven. Presentations to teachers and librarians on biographies and writing non-fiction.
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