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Mary Razzell

Author

3993 West 36 Ave
Vancouver, B.C.
V6N 2S7
Phone: (604) 263-5191

Born: Feb. 20 1930. Calgary, Alberta
Family: 3 children and husband, Eric Nicol

Biography

When Mary's three children were in high school, she took a night school writing course offered by the Vancouver School Board and sold an article written in that class. Encouraged she became a part-time student at the University of British Columbia, studied creative writing with George McWhirter and wrote an adult novel in a tutorial with Carol Shields. This novel was later re written as SNOW APPLES, (YA).

Mary's poetry,articles and short stories have been published and broadcast internationally. Mary has a broad working background as a nurse, and was the project worker for An Oral History of Nursing in B.C. Certified as a Childbirth Educator, she taught prenatal classes at Grace Hospital, Vancouver, until her retirement in the nineties. Married to the writer, Eric Nicol, she has three children from a previous marriage.

Published Works

Snow Apples, Groundwood, 2006 (Re-issue)
Runaway at Sea, Harbour, 2005
Haida Quest, Harbour Publishing, 2002
Smuggler's Moon, Groundwood, 1999
White Wave, Groundwood, 1994
Night Fires, Groundwood, 1990
Salmonberry Wine, Groundwood, 1987
The Secret Code of DNA, Penumbra, 1986
Snow Apples, Groundwood, 1984
A Local History, October 2000

Awards

1994 Finalist, Sheila Egoff Award for WHITE WAVE
1987 Finalist, Sheila Egoff Award for SALMONBERRY WINE
1987 Finalist, Geoffrey Bilson History Award for SALMONBERRY WINE
1984 Finalist, Canada Council Award for SNOW APPLES

Other Memberships

Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable
CWILL
Canadian Children's Book Centre
The Writer's Union

Available For

Readings, workshops, talks: Grades 9-12


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