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www.magnifico-victoria-miles.blogspot.com |
Biography
Victoria’s writing for children is represented by the Curtis Brown agency in New York. She is the author of the best-selling "Sea Otter Pup" as well as "Bald Eaglets", "Cougar Kittens" and "Spotted Owlets" (Orca Book Publishers). All four books in this series were awarded “Our Choice” recognition by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Her fifth book for children, "Pup’s Supper", was published by the Monterey Bay Aquarium in 1998. Victoria’s short story “The Bear Tree” is included in the anthology "Beginnings: Stories from Canada’s Past", published by Ronsdale Press in 2001.
Her non-fiction work, "Wild Science: amazing encounters between animals and the people who study them" (Raincoast, 2004) was a finalist in both the 2005 Science in Society Book Awards and the Ontario Library Association’s Red Maple Awards.
“Magnifico” Victoria’s juvenile novel set in Vancouver’s East End Italian Canadian community in 1939 was launched by Fitzhenry and Whiteside in the spring of 2006.
Victoria has also written for "Ladybug" magazine and is a regular contributor to "Know:the science magazine for curious kids".
In 2007, “Old Mother Bear”, Victoria’s fictional biography of an aging grizzly will be released by Chronicle Books in San Francisco, with illustrations by multiple Caldecott-honoree Molly Bang.
Book types: board books, picture books, juvenile fiction, educational books
Guest speaker/presentation information
Tailored presentations, author readings and writing workshops for grades 4 through 12.
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
Published work
In print: "Magnifico" (Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2006) "Wild Science: amazing encounters between animals and the people who study them" (Raincoast 2004); "Pup's Supper" (Monterey Bay Aquarium 1998)
Awards & recognition
"Wild Science"-- finalist, 2005 Science in Society Book Awards and the Ontario Library Association's Red Maple Awards.
