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Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet writes novels and picture books. Her first book, A Prairie Alphabet with illustrator Yvette Moore, became an instant bestseller and won many awards. The two also collaborated on…

30 Word Bio: Sheena Koops teaches at Bert Fox Community High School, and has taught in urban, First Nations and rural Saskatchewan within private, band, and public schools. She is…

The Beginning Letters, words, stories, and learning more about them, have always fascinated me. I learned to read when I was 4 by underlining every “p-i-g” in my favourite book,…

Sandra Lynn Davis. What an easy name. My maiden name was Tajcnar–easy to say (Tice-ner)–but difficult to spell. Born in Taber Alberta, I now live in a province called Saskatchewan–easy…

I have been a member of the SWG since I was seventeen. Although a longtime member, it’s been within the last five years that I’ve begun to fully understand and…

Myrna lives with her husband in a log cabin in Denare Beach, Saskatchewan, and divides each year among the Canadian shield, a large family, and the magnificence of Mexico. She…

My Life: I was born, many years ago, in St.Catharines Ontario. In 1963, I was the first graduate of the brand new York University in Toronto. I followed a job…

Early Years I was born and raised in Reedley, California, and have been writing all my life. At the age of 9 I decided I was going to be a…

A Writer! Gillian Richardson discovered she was a writer one day in 1985. On the phone, an editor said, “We’d like to publish your book, One Chance to Win.” Up…

Linda feels she had the best childhood in the world for someone who wanted to write historical fiction for kids. She lived in a teeny-tiny house on a teeny-tiny farm…

In the Beginning In school I was the girl reading a book on her lap while the teacher was explaining the day’s assignments. I wrote poetry during algebra class and…

Dianne lives in Martensville and is a teaching assistant for children with special needs in Saskatoon. She shares her home with her husband, two dogs and intermittently with her two…