Author: Marsha

I write historical fiction, mostly from the perspective of young people who are thrust in the midst of war.

More pics from Red Maple day

from left to right: Pam Withers, E Latimer, Colleen Nelson, Kristen Ciccarelli, Jean Mills, Eric Walters, me, Kevin Sands. Lorna Nicholson and winner Wesley King are out of the pic — they’d been called by fans for photos.
In a neverending attempt to get all 10 of us together, here’s another variation of 8! Kristen Ciccarelli, Colleen Nelson, me, Lorna Nicholson, Eric Walters, Pam Withers, Wesley King and E Latimer. Kevin Sands had skedaddled to beat the traffic home and I don’t know what happened to Jean!

Red Maple Day

We’re about to go on the stage at Harbourfront for the Red Maple fiction awards ceremony. Maya, in the red coat, is Krystia’s great-granddaughter. Iryna Korpan, in the striped coat, is Krystia’s daughter. beside me are Adele and Chloe, my signholder and introducer.

Big congratulations to Wesley King for winning the Red Maple Fiction award for his novel A World Below.

It was a wonderful day. The highlight was having Iryna and Maya on the stage so I could introduce them to the audience. I think it’s good for readers to have the opportunity to see the descendants of a little girl who was extraordinarily brave. Vichnaya Pamyat, Krystia.

DSBN Silver Birch Red Maple celebration

On April 26th I had the honour of participatin the the District School Board of Niagara Forest of Reading celebration. There were nearly 1500 kids participating. It was a blast! Check out this video:

It was also great to catch up with writer friends and fellow nominees.

Silver Birch nominee Natalie Hyde, me, and fellow Red Maple nominee Jean Mills
A panel discussion with Jean Mills, Kristen Ciccarelli, Kathy Lowinger and myself. Sonja Upton moderated.
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