About the author I have been reading ever since the Ottawa Public Library opened its magic doors for me. After earning a BA in history at CarletonUniversity, Ottawa, I took a degree in library science at the Universityof Torontoand worked in U of T libraries for nine years. Although I discovered I wasn’t cut out to be a librarian, I still love libraries and feel at home in them. Quitting my day job to raise my son James, I soon found more time to write. After taking a few literary wrong turns I decided to go ahead and write what I love to read: fantasy and speculative fiction. I have been doing that ever since. A few years ago, I went back to school (Conestoga College, Kitchener) for a diploma in journalism, then worked briefly for a small-town newspaper, the New Hamburg Independent. I now work in the communications office at the University of Waterloo. Writing non-fiction is my day job. The rest of the time, I write fiction: mostly novel-length fiction, although I have written some short stories. I am married to Eric Bow. Our family includes son James, daughter-in-law Erin (both published writers), two granddaughters, Vivian and Eleanor, and Pooka, a small but fierce grey tabby. I am a member of CANSCAIP (the Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers), the Canadian Children’s Book Centre, and WRAC (the Waterloo Regional Arts Council). Patricia Bow

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