PRISCILLA GALLOWAY

Priscilla Galloway, Ph.D, has been a full-time author since 1993. Too Young to Fight: Memories from our Youth During World War II, won the major international Bologna Ragazzi award in 2000, the first Canadian book to do so. The Courtesan’s Daughter is shortlisted for the Geoffrey Bilson Award, 2004, and for the Manitoba Young Readers Award, 2005. Archers, Alchemists and Ninety-Eight Other Medieval Jobs You Might Have Loved or Loathed is on the Bank Street College of Education’s Best Children’s Book of the Year: 2004 Edition: (Special Interest – History). Other titles among her twenty-two books were nominated for the Canadian Library Association, Mr. Christie’s, and Red Cedar awards; eight were Our Choice selections.

Previously, Galloway taught in high-schools and universities and worked as a language arts consultant with children of all ages. She was honored as Teacher of the Year by the Ontario Council of Teachers of English. She is a past president of CANSCAIP (the Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers). Priscilla's eclectic career also includes operating a trailer park and managing an apartment building, not to mention a brief foray into cosmetic sales and a short stint as a cucumber farmer. Born in Montreal in 1930, Priscilla has lived, written, taught and scuba-dived from Pacific to Atlantic, from southern farming country to northern mines, from the Caribbean to New Zealand. Her home base is Toronto.

Priscilla has more information on her webpage: http://priscilla.galloway.net/

 

Forthcoming Books:

Ancient Egyptian Careers
Annick Press

Four Travelers on the Silk Road
Annick Press

Lisa IV- Our Canadian Girl series
Penguin Canada

Books:

Lisa 3: The Trouble With Gold - Our Canadian Girl series
Penguin Canada, 2006

Lisa 2: The Trail to Golden Cariboo - Our Canadian Girl series
Penguin Canada, 2002

Archers, Alchemists and 98 Other Medieval Jobs
You Might Have Loved or Loathed
Annick Press, 2003

• Nominated, 2005/2006 Red Cedar Award - Non-Fiction
  Young Readers' Choice Awards (YRCA) Society of BC
• Best Children’s Book of the Year:
  2004 Edition: (Special Interest – History)
  Bank Street College of Education
• Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada
  Information Book Award, 2004, Preliminary Shortlist
• Bestseller List, January 2004
  Quill and Quire

The Courtesan's Daughter
Random House Inc. 2002, Penguin Canada 2003

• shortlisted for the Manitoba Young Readers Award, 2005
• shortlisted for the Geoffrey Bilson Award, 2004
• A 2003 New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
• Best Books for Young Adults list, American Library Association, 2002

Lisa 1: Overland to Cariboo - Our Canadian Girl series
Penguin Canada, 2002

• Nominated, 2005/2006 Red Cedar Award - Fiction
  Young Readers' Choice Awards (YRCA) Society of BC

Too Young To Fight
Stoddart (Can) 1999

• BolognaRagazzi Award for Young Adult Non-Fiction 2000
• Best Books of 1999, Children's Non-Fiction,Quill & Quire

Eight weeks on the national best seller list.

Review - "A moving and poignant story of the Second World War seen through eyes that blend great events and everyday details with acute psychological adroitness. The evocation of public and private events is veiled in a sadness and suffering that brings the magnitude of those times and events into the consciousness of young people who never experienced them."
     - Jury, BolognaRagazzi

Review - "Galloway's fine collection of very personal and affecting testimonials will go a long way in helping young people today understand, through a variety of experiences and voices, what those times must have been like..."
     - Arlene Perly-Rae, Quill & Quire

Hercules
Annick Press (Can) 1999

Snake Dreamer
Delacorte (US), Stoddart (Can), Mondadori (Italy) 1998

• New York Public Library Exhibition of Books for the Teen Age, 1999

Emily of New Moon - adapted for younger readers
Seal Books - (Can) 1998

Daedelus
Annick Press (Can) 1997

• Short-listed for The Red Cedar Award 2000
• Short-listed for the Mr. Christie Award 1998

Aleta
Annick Press (Can)1995

Atalanta
Annick Press (Can) 1995

Truly Grim Tales
Delacorte (US), Lester (Stoddart Can), Mondadori (Italy) 1995

• The American Young Adult Library Services Association's list of 25 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2000,
• finalist Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award 1996,
• American Library Association Selection, Quick Picks for Young Adults 1996