EILEEN KERNAGHAN has worked in support of her writing as an elementary school teacher, arts administrator, used bookstore owner and, for many years, as a creative writing teacher at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in Burnaby, and Port Moody’s Kyle Centre.

Research for a non-fiction book on reincarnation inspired her first young adult fantasy, Dance of the Snow Dragon, set in 18th century Bhutan, and based on Tibetan Buddhist mythology. It was followed by The Snow Queen, which explored echoes of northern shamanism and the Kalevala in Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale. Her third YA fantasy, The Alchemist’s Daughter, is set in Elizabethan England, a year before the Armada. Winter on the Plain of Ghosts: a novel of Mohenjo-daro, which also appeared in 2004, is a historical fantasy set in the ancient Indus Valley civilization.