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Biography

A highly popular speaker who presents to more than 15,000 students per year across North America, Pam Withers has worked as a journalist, editor and associate publisher. She's also a former outdoor guide who ran a summer camp for teens for many years. She lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada, with her husband and son, where she enjoys the outdoors when she's not writing or touring to speak.

Book types: YA fiction

Guest speaker/presentation information

A one-hour presentation or workshops.
See downloadable brochures under "talks" at www.TakeItToTheExtreme.com
Pam has no maximum audience size (although there's a small price increase for audiences over 300.)
Her one-hour lively presentation for grades 4-9 includes short readings, tales of her own adventures, humorous anecdotes of how she researches her material, the patience and persistence it takes to achieve success, special encouragement to boys, the importance of rewriting and accepting criticism, tips on writing and getting published, extreme-sports video clips.

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

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

Published work

Whitecap/Firefly Books: Raging River (2003), Peak Survival (2004), Adrenalin Ride (2004), Skater Stuntboys (2005), Surf Zone (2005), Vertical Limits (2006), DirtBike Daredevils (2006), Wake's Edge (2007), BMX Tunnel Run (2007), Mountainboard Maniacs (2008)
Orca Books: Camp Wild (2005), Breathless (2005), Daredevil Club (2006)
Menasha Ridge Press: Going Vertical: The Life of an Extreme Kayaker (2008)

Awards & recognition

2007: Surf Zone, Chocolate Lily Award shortlist
2006: Peak Survival, Chocolate Lily Award second place 2006: Peak Survival, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award shortlist
2005: Adrenalin Ride, Canadian Children's Book Centre "Our Choice" list
2004: Raging River nominated for the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice
2004: Raging River nominated for the Willow Awards (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice)
2001: BC Festival of the Arts winner (for a short story)

also:
2000: Brian Creer Awards for community service in working with youth, through the Whitewater Kayaking Association of BC
Several-time nominee for Western Magazine Awards
2002: Two first-place awards for public speaking, Toastmasters International Area 71 Contest