About Kathleen Cook Waldron

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you'll enjoy the time you spend with my books and me.

Photo © 100 Mile Free Press

A Bit About Me

Much in my books is autobiographical, so if you read the “Background” section for each of my books you'll find out more about me. To sum up, I was born and raised in Colorado, and though I often return there to visit family and friends, I have lived in central British Columbia for the past 30+ years. My husband Mark and I now live on the shores of Horse Lake but we raised our two children, Levi and Rosy, in a log house off the grid that we built ourselves. Levi and Rosy live in big cities now (Levi with Olivia in Toronto and Rosy in Melbourne, Australia), but they both still like to visit the log home where they grew up, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) from here.

In addition to writing, I have taught just about every age from kindergarten to adult in subjects as diverse as math, Spanish, and swimming. My favourite activities besides writing are reading, swimming, paddling, gardening, hiking, baking, watching sports, and doing crosswords and sudokus.

• Writers Union of Canada Profile
  
  
• Article in Orca Book Publishers Blog

Readings and Workshops

I like to give readings that encourage participation and questions. I have readings designed specifically for each of my books. For younger children (K-2), readings are 45 minutes; for older groups (grade 3 and up), a full hour. For larger groups I include PowerPoint presentations (using my own projector). Props related to each book keep the presentations lively. I conduct large- and small-scale workshops for all age-groups; especially multi-day ones, in which children create their own projects. I also lead writing workshops for adults. Contact me for more information.

• [Kathleen's] presentations are well-organized, interesting, and dynamic, appealing to all levels of students.  - Leslie Bell, teacher/librarian
• [regarding a multi-day workshop] Mrs. Waldron helped students create, print and edit their own stories and publish them in "hard-bound" books. I was very impressed with both the process and product. Even students who were not strong readers or writers created wonderful books. The students were thrilled.    - Gail Moseley, principal