Shirlee Smith Matheson (1943-10-16) October 16, 1943 (age 80) Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Children's Literature
A graduate of Athabasca University, she has lived in Winnipeg, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. She now lives in Calgary, Alberta. She has been writing adult nonfiction biographies as well as young adult novels that add to society's collective knowledge. She has lived on farms in Manitoba near the Riding Mountains, and in Alberta west of Sylvan Lake; and in urban areas ranging from Lacombe, Alberta; to Vernon and Hudson's Hope, British Columbia; in Australia; and in Calgary. Her enrollment in writing programs at the Banff Centre afforded her the privilege of meeting, and having as instructors, some of Canada's top writers: W.O.Mitchell, Alistair MacLeod, Irving Layton, Robert Kroetsch, Richard Lemm, Phyllis Webb and Orm Mitchell. She further attended summer programs at the Iowa School of Writing
Selected worksedit
Prairie Pictures (1989)
This Was Our Valley (1989)
Youngblood of the Peace: The Authorized Biography of Father Jungbluth (1991)
Flying Ghosts (1993)
City Pictures (1994)
Flying the Frontiers: A Half-Million Hours of Aviation Adventure (1994)
Flying the Frontiers Volume II: More Hours of Aviation Adventure! (1996)
The Gamblers Daughter (1997)
Keeper of the Mountains (2000)
Maverick in the Sky: The Aerial Adventures of WWI Flying Ace Freddie McCall (2007)
A Royal Balance: The Life and Times of Hal Wyatt (2013)
External linksedit
Official website
Shirlee Smith Matheson fonds, Special Collections, Canadian Literary and Art Archives
shirlee, matheson, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, re. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Shirlee Matheson news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2019 Learn how and when to remove this message This article s use of external links may not follow Wikipedia s policies or guidelines Please improve this article by removing excessive or inappropriate external links and converting useful links where appropriate into footnote references January 2019 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message Shirlee Smith Matheson is a Canadian children s writer Matheson was born in Winnipeg Manitoba on October 16 1943 Shirlee MathesonBornShirlee Smith Matheson 1943 10 16 October 16 1943 age 80 Winnipeg ManitobaOccupationAuthorGenreChildren s Literature A graduate of Athabasca University she has lived in Winnipeg Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia She now lives in Calgary Alberta She has been writing adult nonfiction biographies as well as young adult novels that add to society s collective knowledge She has lived on farms in Manitoba near the Riding Mountains and in Alberta west of Sylvan Lake and in urban areas ranging from Lacombe Alberta to Vernon and Hudson s Hope British Columbia in Australia and in Calgary Her enrollment in writing programs at the Banff Centre afforded her the privilege of meeting and having as instructors some of Canada s top writers W O Mitchell Alistair MacLeod Irving Layton Robert Kroetsch Richard Lemm Phyllis Webb and Orm Mitchell She further attended summer programs at the Iowa School of WritingSelected works editPrairie Pictures 1989 This Was Our Valley 1989 Youngblood of the Peace The Authorized Biography of Father Jungbluth 1991 Flying Ghosts 1993 City Pictures 1994 Flying the Frontiers A Half Million Hours of Aviation Adventure 1994 Flying the Frontiers Volume II More Hours of Aviation Adventure 1996 The Gamblers Daughter 1997 Keeper of the Mountains 2000 Maverick in the Sky The Aerial Adventures of WWI Flying Ace Freddie McCall 2007 A Royal Balance The Life and Times of Hal Wyatt 2013 External links editOfficial website Shirlee Smith Matheson fonds Special Collections Canadian Literary and Art Archives nbsp Children s literature portal nbsp This article about a Canadian writer or poet is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shirlee Matheson amp oldid 1016965456, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
