Member Profile

Jean Booker

Booker
Photo: Robert Hallam 1987

Jean Booker was born and educated in the north of England. She came to Canada after a ten-year correspondence with a pen-pal in Montreal. She lived in Montreal for a year, then came to Toronto where she met and married Neil. She now has two daughters and two grandchildren. She had various office jobs to support her writing habit and graduated from Glendon College, York University, with a degree in English in 1993. She has written many articles and stories for children and is a longtime member of CANSCAIP.

E-mail: ejbooker@nexicom.net
Phone number:
705-731-0537

Publications

Ellen's Secret. Toronto: Scholastic Canada, 1995.
Mystery House. Toronto: Ginn, 1988; Toronto: Stoddart, 1987.
Keeping Secrets (formerly Ellen's Secret). Scholastic Canada, 2010
Keeping Secrets (formerly Ellen's Secret). Scholastic Canada, 2010
Still At War. Scholastic Canada, 2013

Awards

Shortlisted, Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People for Ellen's Secret, 1995.
Eligible for National Public Readings Program :
Yes

WITS

Presentation Length:
60 min.
Genre:
Fiction
Grades:
4-6
Audience size:
flexible
Northern OAC WITS:
No
Two sessions:
$200
Three sessions:
$300
GST:
GST not applicable