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Orysia Dawydiak
Photo: David Sims 2009
Orysia is the firstborn child of Ukrainian immigrants. She learned to speak English (and several other languages for a short time) while playing with the children of other European immigrants in Sudbury, Ontario. She began her first novel about horses at age nine but ended up publishing a different one in 2009. Orysia graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a degree in Zoology, and from Kansas State University in Agricultural Sciences. She has been a sheep farmer and breeder of Akbash Dogs who guard sheep. She currently resides on a Prince Edward Island farm with one niece, one Akbash Dog and one three-legged cat.
E-mail: orysiad@icloud.com
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Publications
House of Bears. The Acorn Press, 2009
Livestock Protection Dogs - Selection, Care and Training, 2nd Ed.. Alpine Publications, 2004
Kira's Secret. The Acorn Press, 2013
Kira's Quest. The Acorn Press, 2015
Rika's Shepherd . The Acorn Press, 2018
Kira's Crossing. The Acorn Press, 2020
Awards
Distinguished Contribution to the Literary Arts of Prince Edward Island, 2014
Best General Reference Book for Livestock Protection Dogs - Selection, Care and Training, 1991
PEI Book Award for Children's Literature for Rika's Shepherd, 2020
Links:
Orysia's website
Eligible for National Public Readings Program :
Yes
