mail	1256 Oliver St. Victoria, BC V8S4W9
e	bevcooke@shaw.ca
web	http://www.bevcooke.ca http://bevnalabbeyscriptorium.wordpress.com/

Biography

Born and raised in Toronto, I moved to the West (Wet?) Coast in 1979 and loved it so much I never left. I've been writing all my life, but, slow learner that I am, it took me a while to connect the books I loved to read with what I did, also for love. Once I figured out that somebody might actually publish my works, nothing could stop me. I write for kids because in a lot of ways, I never did grow up.

Book types: YA fiction, YA nonfiction

Guest speaker/presentation information

Any topic on which I write - fantasy, cats, feral cats and animals, subways, Romania, the Romanian royal family, writing, Christian saints and the Eastern Christian faith, ancient Rome and Roman customs.

I also do writing workshops for teens and adults.

Presentation geographic range: Vancouver, Coast, Lower Mainland, Gulf and Vancouver Islands, Thompson Okanagan, Northern British Columbia, Cariboo Chilcotin Coast, Kootenay Rockies, Canada - beyond BC, USA

Presentation audience age groups: high school, college/university/adult

Published work

Keeper of the Light, Conciliar Press, 2006
Feral, Orca Book Publishers, 2008
Royal Monastic, Princess Ileana of Romania, Conciliar Press 2008.
David's Gargoyles, short story, Spellbound Magazine, 2000

Awards & recognition