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Member Profile
Jean 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
