The Writers' Union of Canada - Mary Alice Downie

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Mary Alice Downie

photo: Sharon Mulligan, 1991

Mary Alice Downie was born in Illinois to Canadian parents and grew up in Toronto. She graduated from the University of Toronto in English, despite spending most of her time at The Varsity. She had the usual range of jobs: steno pool, editorial assistant for a medical journal, and publicity management for a publisher. In 1959 she married John Downie; they moved to Pittsburgh where she produced film, play, and book reviews, and two daughters, Christine and Jocelyn. In 1962, they moved to Kingston, Alexandra was born in 1967. She hopes to continue writing and editing in a 103-year-old house in Kingston and 107-year-old cottage on an island on the Rideau, and to travel to as many places as possible.

PUBLICATIONS:

A Pioneer ABC. Toronto: Tundra, 2005

A Song for Acadia/Une Chanson pour l'Acadie. Halifax: Nimbus Books, 2004

SnowPaws. illus. Kathryn Naylor. Toronto: Stoddart, 1996

Cathal the Giant-Killer & the Dun Shaggy Filly. illus. Jillian Gilliland. Kingston, ON: Quarry Press, 1991.

Honor Bound. with John Downie, illus. Wesley Bates. Kingston, ON: Quarry Press, 1991.

The New Wind Has Wings: Poems from Canada. with Barbara Robertson, illus. Elizabeth Cleaver. Toronto: Oxford UP, 1984.

And Some Brought Flowers: Plants in a New World. with Mary Hamilton, illus. John Revell. Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press, 1980.

AWARDS:

Canadian Children's Book Centre "Our Choice" awards for various books.

Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council, and Ontario Heritage, Laidlaw Foundation, Exploration, Mulitcultural Directorate.

GENRE: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry

AUDIENCE SIZE: flexible

GRADES: K - 12

LENGTH: flexible

CITY: Kingston, ON

PHONE: 613-542-3464

EMAIL: downiej@queensu.ca

WEB: www.MaryAliceDownie.ca

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ONE SESSION: $ 200

TWO SESSIONS: $ 200

THREE SESSIONS: $ 300

FOUR SESSIONS: $ 400

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