EDUCATION
Writing Children’s Nonfiction Books for the Educational Market, online course taught by author Laura Purdie Salas, winter 2009.
Poetry for Children’s Books, online course byAnastasia Suen 2007.
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. Canada. B.Sc. Major in Biology, minor in Fine Art, 1981.
Carleton University School of Architecture, Ottawa, Canada. 1976-78.
WRITING
Climate Crisis- a 5-book series for Marshall Cavendish Benchmark for Grades 6+, Mankato, NY.
Titles:
Climate Crisis and People; Climate Crisis: Plants and Insects; Climate Crisis: Ecosystems at Risk; Climate Crisis and Animal Life; Climate Crisis and Ocean Life. ~SFP 2012
Earth has a Fever – a 4-picture book series authored/illustrated for ABDO Magic Wagon Books, Fever in the Oceans; Fever on the Land; Earth has a Fever; Fever at the Poles. Minn. Fall 2011
Authored and illustrated Sonu and the Metal Elephant co-authored with Sylvia Sikundar.
(Scholastic India)
The Himalayas: Count to Ten and Back Again (Tulika Books),
The Ice Berries co-authored with Sylvia Sikundar in The Puffin Book of Bedtime Stories anthology.
Authored 5 other picture books submitted to publishers for consideration.
Wrote non-fiction articles and poems for magazines in Canada and the US (see published works).
Illustrated 15+ books for publishers in the US, China, India, Africa and UK. Represented by Storybookarts Inc. Dover Plains NY.
Memberships
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI).
Membership Committee of the Picture Book Artist’s Association.
NonFiction for Kids list serve.
Managing Editor Biodiversity Journal
Jan. 2004 to present
a quarterly, peer-reviewed, international, science publication.
Tasks include; soliciting articles from researchers, arranging for peer reviews,
correspondence with authors and reviewers, schedule production, layout, copyedit and print management.
Conservation Coordinator - Ottawa Greenbelt Slack Road Sand Dune
May 2011-2013
coordinating a restoration team of scientists and volunteers to restore a sand dune habitat in Ottawa, Canada. Responsible for media releases, public relations and blog and twitter content.
News Editor
Jan. 2000 to 2004
Biodiversity journal, researched and wrote news stories on current issues of wildlife and habitat conservation, global warming, etc.
SCIENCE
Publication Production Team Member 1981 to 1995.
Natural Resources Canada, Science Directorate, Publications Division
Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Publications Division
Canadian Nature Museum, Exhibits and displays
Parks Canada, Publications Division
Last updated 23 August 2011
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