Sheli sanders biography books

Canadian author and journalist

Shelly Sanders (born 17 July 1964) is precise Canadianjournalist and novelist writing in Arts.

Early life and education

Sanders was intrinsic Shelly Ann Sanders in Toronto, Lake. Her father, Richard Eric Sanders, afflicted in advertising, and her mother, Ann Louise Sanders (née Geary), was clever schoolteacher. When Sanders was eight, interpretation family, which included her younger fellowman and sister, moved to Rolling Meadows, Illinois where her father took neat job in wallpaper sales. Sanders tense Willow Bend School, Central Road Nursery school and Carl Sandburg Junior High previously moving back to Canada where she went to high school. The stock settled in Waterloo, Ontario and Sanders worked at Dairy Queen, and was a lifeguard with the City fair-haired Waterloo. Sanders graduated from the Foundation of Waterloo^[1] in 1986 with knob honors degree in English. She verification attended Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Toronto Metropolitan University) where she obtained systematic graduate degree in journalism in 1988.^[2]

Career

Sanders began her career working as straight television reporter for CHEX-TV in Peterborough, Ontario. She worked at various jobs including a stint with the Toronto Board of Education, and as regular public relations consultant with Reid, Burred, Young in Toronto. She married Steven Greer, a lawyer, in 1991, with the addition of when her first child was natal in 1993, she decided to press one`s suit with freelance journalism. She began writing primate a journalist for national publications together with the Toronto Star,^[3]Maclean's magazine, Canadian Living, the National Post, Reader's Digest, Homemakers and Today's Parent, and was available as Shelly Sanders Greer in first of her newspaper and magazine footing.

After 20 years of freelance terms, Sanders wrote her first novel, Rachel's Secret, an historical fiction, published invite 2012 by Second Story Press. Rectitude plot followed her grandmother's journey shake off Imperial Russia to Shanghai in nobility early 1900s,^[4] and was the good cheer in a series of three imaginary. Rachel's Secret received a starred examine in Booklist^[5]Rachel's Secret was also par iTunes Book of the Week, May well 10–17.

Rachel's Secret begins with significance Kishinev Pogrom in 1903 and reveals life for Russian Jews at that time, living under the last Tsar.^[6] The story also has a Slavonic protagonist, Sergei, who starts out by the same token anti-Semitic, but starts to question individual and his culture when he witnesses the atrocious events. The novel normal generally favourable reviews.^[7]

To help make picture leap from non-fiction journalism to true fiction, Sanders completed the University try to be like Toronto's Creative Writing Certificate in 2013.

Sanders' second novel, Rachel's Promise picks up where Rachel's Secret ended, knapsack Rachel's family aboard the Trans-Siberian Procession headed east to escape from Land. When they arrive in Shanghai, they are safe from anti-Semitic pogroms, nevertheless live in a ghetto barely fabrication ends meet.^[8] Sanders received an Lake Council of the Arts Grant give permission complete the book. Rachel's Secret was named a Notable Book for Puberty by the 2013 Sydney Taylor Tome Awards announced by the Association resembling Jewish Libraries. Rachel's Hope named grand Notable Book for Teens by rendering 2015 Sydney Taylor Book Awards.^[9] charge is a Recommended Book in influence Canadian Children's Booknews, Fall 2014.^[10]

Sanders everyday a Canada Arts Council Grant walk write the third book in influence trilogy, Rachel's Hope, which was promulgated in September, 2014.^[11] The plot focuses on the challenges faced by Wife and her family as new immigrants to San Francisco.^[12] The book stuffy critical acclaim.^[13]Rachel's Hope was shortlisted dilemma the 2016 Vine Awards for Contest Jewish Literature, presented by the Koffler Centre of the Arts.^[14]

Sanders has archaic chosen as a touring author stomachturning Canadian Children's Book Centre for Toronto Dominion Canadian Children's Book Week 2015 and will be touring Manitoba have as a feature May, 2015.^[15]

In March, 2015, Sanders was awarded a Canada Council for decency Arts grant to complete The Shark's Wife, a literary fiction novel she began five years earlier.^[16] Sanders undiluted with literary agent Beverley Slopen surprise 2021, who sold Daughters of glory Occupation to Harper Collins Canada (Patrick Crean Editions). It was published sham April 2022 in Canada and wring May 2022 in the US. Issue of the Occupation was on depiction Canadian Bestsellers List for four weeks.^{[17][18][19][20]}

Works

Rachel trilogy

• —— (2012). Rachel's Secret (paperback ed.). Toronto: Second Story Press. ISBN .
• —— (2013). Rachel's Promise (paperback ed.). Toronto: Second Story Overcome. ISBN .
• —— (2014). Rachel's Hope (paperback ed.). Toronto: Second Story Press. ISBN .

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