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Biography

Eileen Kernaghan lives in New Westminster. Her young adult fantasy novel The Snow Queen (Thistledown Press, 2000) won the 2001 Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Award, the Aurora, for best speculative novel in English. Her other YA fantasies are Dance of the Snow Dragon, set in 18th century Bhutan, The Alchemist's Daughter, an Elizabethan adventure , and Wild Talent, set in London and Paris 1888 and 1889.

Eileen's adult historical fantasies include the "Grey Isles" trilogy (Journey to Aprilioth, Songs from the Drowned Lands and The Sarsen Witch), set in bronze-age Europe; and Winter on the Plain of Ghosts (Flying Monkey Press) set in the ancient Indus Valley civilization.

A speculative poetry collection, Tales from the Holograph Woods, was released by Wattle & Daub Books in 2009.

Eileen's poems and short stories have appeared in many North American publications, both mainstream and speculative. She is a member of the west coast speculative writers' group The Lonely Cry. For more information on Eileen's books, go to her website, www.eileenkernaghan.ca

Book types: YA fiction, poetry, others

Guest speaker/presentation information

Readings; talks on the writing and publishing process; hands-on fantasy writing workshops.

Presentation geographic range: Vancouver, Coast, Lower Mainland, Gulf and Vancouver Islands

Presentation audience age groups: grades 4-6, grades 7-8, high school, college/university/adult

Published work

Wild Talent: A Novel of the Supernatural (Thistledown Press 2008)
Tales from the Holograph Woods: Speculative Poems (Wattle & Daub Books, 2009)
The Alchemist's Daughter (Thistledown Press, 2004) YA historical fantasy
Winter on the Plain of Ghosts: a novel of Mohenjo-daro(adult historical fantasy)
The Snow Queen (Thistledown 2000) YA fantasy
Dance of the Snow Dragon (Thistledown 1995) YA fantasy
The Sarsen Witch (Fantasy, Ace, 1989, Juno Books 2007)
Songs from the Drowned Lands (fantasy, Ace, 1983)
Journey to Aprilioth (fantasy, Ace 1980)
The Dark Gardens of the Zodiac (speculative poetry chapbook) 1999

Awards & recognition

The Snow Queen: Winner, Aurora (Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Award for best speculative novel) 2001
Shortlisted for Canadian Library Association Children's Book of the Year 2001

The Alchemist's Daughter:
Shortlisted for: British Columbia Book Prize ( Sheila Egoff Prize for Children's Literature), 2005
Shortlisted for Aurora Award 2005
Shortlisted for Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award for 2006
Shortlisted (award to publisher) for Saskatchewan Book Award: Publishing in Education
Wild Talent: shortlisted for the Sunburst Award for Literature of the Fantastic