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Biographical Information
Priscilla Galloway, Ph.D, has taught in high-schools and universities and worked as a language arts consultant with children of all ages. Galloway has been honored as Teacher of the Year by the Ontario Council of Teachers of English. She is a past president of CANSCAIP (the Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers). Priscilla's eclectic career also includes operating a trailer park and managing an apartment building, not to mention a brief foray into cosmetic sales and a short stint as a cucumber farmer. Born in Montreal in 1930, Priscilla has lived, written, taught and scuba-dived from Pacific to Atlantic, from southern farming country to northern mines, from the Caribbean to New Zealand. Her home base is Toronto.

Priscilla earned degrees in English (B.A., Queen's; M.A., Toronto) and Educational Theory (Ph.D., Toronto). She enjoys her second marriage (to Howard Collum, 1994), her eight grandchildren, and her flourishing creativity. Readers must decide if she is really "a mixture of Lucille Ball and Vincent Price."

Priscilla Galloway's recent Delacorte titles include her honour book (ALA and CLA) Truly Grim Tales and her adaptation of L.M. Montgomery's Emily of New Moon . In her new YA novel, Snake Dreamer, she uses ancient myths to explore timeless themes in a modern world that is both sharply realistic and darkly fantastic, creating a psychological chiller that's also a grand adventure story.

Recent Annick Press titles feature three illustrated novels in Galloway's TALES OF ANCIENT LANDS SERIES, all awarded the highest accolade from the Children's Book Centre:

Daedalus and the Minotaur

Philippa Sheppard says,"The complexity of the characters and their interaction render them timeless." Quill & Quire, Feb. 1998, p. 51.

Atalanta, the Fastest Runner in the World.

Aleta and the Queen: a Tale of Ancient Greece.

Earlier book credits comprise ten picture books for children and one adult nonfiction. Galloway has edited several anthologies. Her poetry and short stories have appeared in magazines and scholarly journals and have been broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Jenkinson, Dave. "Priscilla Galloway, Profile," Resource Links, August 1997, pp.247-250. "It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's purple clad Supergran, a.k.a. Priscilla Galloway, who, while she doesn't really fly, does take her readers along on some fantastic flights of imagination."

Hamelin, Christine. "Rebel without a pause," Queen's Alumni Review, November/December 1997, p. 21. "Author-educator Priscilla Galloway, Arts '51, a former Marty Scholarship winner, has made a career out of challenging people, entertaining them, and making them think."

Hawthorne, Karen."Priscilla Galloway: Author recreates Greek Mythology for children," Bayview Post, November 1997, p 20. "I want children to be entertained and empowered," Galloway says, "to learn and grow and feel the power of these timeless stories."

Kirchhoff, H.J. "Priscilla Galloway," Globe and Mail, Saturday December 2, 1995, E2 - "a mixture of Lucille Ball and Vincent Price. . ." 

Priscilla Galloway Memoir, "Room to Grow," in Still Running . . . , Personal Stories by Queen's Women to Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Marty Memorial Scholarship, ed. Joy Parr. 1987, Queen's Alumnae Assoc., pp. 108-120.
 Who's Who in Toronto, 1995

CANSCAIP Companion, Pembroke, 1994; 1990

International Authors and Writers Who's Who, 13th ed. International Biographical Centre, Cambridge SB2 3QP, England, 1993

Who's Who in the Writers' Union of Canada: A Directory of Members. The Writers' Union of Canada, 1993; 1988; 1981

Who's Who in Canadian Literature, annually from 1985 to date

Something About the Author, Gale Research Inc., 1991: v. 66, pp. 83-5

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