Photo Credit:
Photo credit
R. Whyte
Shirlee Matheson
BIO
Biography

Aviation adventures are featured in eight of Shirlee Smith Matheson's 21 published books (14 nonfiction for adult readers and seven young adult novels) as well as short stories and stage plays. She is an alumnus of The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and has instructed writing courses/workshops and presentations for schools, organizations and special events. She holds memberships in The Writers Guild of Alberta, CANSCAIP, and YABS, as well as several aviation museums and related organizations. Awards include The 99s Canadian Award in Aviation; Athabasca University Distinguished Alumni; Emerald Award Finalist (environmental writing), Alberta and BC nonfiction prizes, and Can. Children's Book Centre fiction awards. Shirlee was employed for a number of years at The Hangar Flight Museum (Aero Space Museum) and recently completed a projects as Historian for Calgary International Airport Authority. This Was Our Valley, the ongoing saga of hydro-electric dams on the Peace River, was published in 2019 by Frontenac House Ltd., of Calgary.

ADDRESS
City: Calgary, Province/Territory: Alberta
EMAIL
GENRE
short stories
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
"Chanting Faint Hymns" - short story
Publisher
Wondershift
Title
40th anniversary anthology
Title
Alexandra Writers Centre Society
Title
Calgary
Title
AB
Publisher
2021
Title
"Memories from Muskwa Creek" - short story (winner)
Publisher
The Bedford Competition
Title
2020 Anthology of Prizewinning & Shortlisted Stories and Poems
Publisher
2020
Title
This Was Our Valley
Publisher
Frontenac House
Title
Calgary
Title
Alberta
Publisher
2019 (new edition)
Title
Lost: Unsolved Mysteries of Canadian Aviation
Publisher
Frontenac House
Title
Calgary
Publisher
2015
Title
Amazing Flights and Flyers
Publisher
Frontenac House
Title
Calgary
Publisher
2010
Title
Maverick in the Sky - The Aerial Adventures of WWI Flying Ace Freddie McCall
Publisher
Frontenac House
Title
Calgary
Publisher
2007
Title
A Royal Balance (The Life and Times of Hal E. Wyatt
Publisher
Frontenac House
Title
Calgary
Publisher
2013
Title
City Pictures (young adult)
Publisher
Heritage House
Title
BC
Publisher
2015 (new edition)
Title
Prairie Pictures (young adult)
Publisher
Heritage House
Year
2014 (new edition)
Title
The Gambler's Daughter (young adult)
Publisher
Dundurn Press
Title
Toronto
Publisher
2009 (new edition)
Title
Fastback Beach (young adult)
Publisher
Orca
Title
Victoria BC
Publisher
2003 (latest printing 2017)
Title
Jailbird Kid (young adult)
Publisher
Dundurn
Title
Toronto
Publisher
2010
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Shirlee Smith Matheson
Name
winner 2020 Rainbow Prize
Name
Bedford (England) Competition
Publication
The Bedford Competition
Year
2020
Name
2020 Anthology of Prizewinning & Shortlisted Stories and Poems
Name
Ostrich Books
Name
Great Britain
Name
2021
LINKS
Links
Website
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Presentation details
Audience Size
Audience size
up to 100
Presentation Length
60 minutes max, including q & a
Presentation Description
Presentation description

Aviation adventures, PP, based on my books, Lost: Unsolved Mysteries of Canadian Aviation; Amazing Flights & Flyers; and/or Maverick in the Sky: The Aerial Adventures of WWI Flying Ace Freddie McCall (all foregoing published by Frontenac House Ltd., Calgary, AB)

Presentation Fee(s)
to be discussed
Programs & Interests
Interested in participating Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program:
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Interested in participating in the Northern Ontario WITS program:
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