Karleen Bradford

Karleen Bradford is the award-winning author of twenty-two works of fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults. Her books include historical novels, fantasy and contemporary stories, as well as picture books and chapter books.

She was born in Toronto, Ontario, but spent most of her childhood years in Argentina. She returned to Canada to take a B.A. at the University of Toronto in 1959, and married James Bradford, a Foreign Service Officer with the Canadian Government. Until 1992, Karleen and her family travelled and lived in Colombia, the United States, England, the Philippines, Brazil, Germany and Puerto Rico, with two home postings in Canada. Settings for many of her books have come from these countries. She now lives back in Canada in Owen Sound, Ontario. Three children, four grandchildren, and assorted granddogs live nearby.

Karleen has taught Creative Writing and Writing for Children at Algonquin College, the Adult High School, and various community centres in Ottawa. During a posting in Germany she also taught creative writing classes and did writing workshops with children in U.S.A. Department of Defense Schools throughout the country. In 1999 she worked with students in the Taipei American School in Taiwan.

She has worked in schools across Canada through The Writers' Union of Canada and the Ontario Arts Council programs for writers in the schools and has, as well, participated in numerous Canada Council Readings programs. She toured Nova Scotia in 1984, New Brunswick in 1989, Quèbec in 1998, and Manitoba in 2005 for the TD Children's Book Week, and has worked as a Writer in Residence for the WIER (Writers in Electronic Residence) program in schools across Canada.

You can find out more about Karleen and her work at www.karleenbradford.com.

Books by Karleen Bradford

Dear Canada: A Time for Giving: Ten Tales of Christmas

Dear Canada: With Nothing But Our Courage

Dear Canada: A Country of Our Own

Dear Canada Christmas Story No. 11: Singing a Prayer

Cher Journal : Récit de Noël : N° 11 - La prière de Julia May

Cher Journal : Du désespoir à la liberté

Cher Journal : Noëls d'antan

Dear Canada: A Desperate Road to Freedom

Dear Canada: A Christmas to Remember

There Will Be Wolves

The Thirteenth Child

Whisperings Of Magic

Scarlet Cross

Angeline

Shadows On A Sword

Lionheart's Scribe

Dragonmaster

Dragonfire

Cher Journal : Le temps des réjouissances

Scarlet Cross

Ghost Wolf

You Can't Rush a Cat

Cher Journal : Une vie à refaire

Whisperings Of Magic Mm

More Animal Heroes

Write Now

Thirteenth Child Mm

The Nine Days Queen

Windward Island