About the Author

Judith Silverthorne is the author of six previous books. Four of them are children’s novels: The Secret of the Stone House, The Secret of Sentinel Rock, Dinosaur Hideout, and Dinosaur Breakout. The other two are ­non-­fiction: a biography called Made in Saskatchewan: Peter Rupchan, Ukrainian Pioneer and Potter and Ingrained Legacy: Saskatchewan Pioneer Woodworkers 1870-1930. She has won the Saskatchewan Book Award for Children’s Literature for her first two children’s books and the last two have also been finalists. Her children’s novels are also on the Our Choice recommendation lists of the Canadian Children’s Book Centre. As well, Dinosaur Hideout was nominated for the 2004 Willow ­Awards.

She also works as an editor, curator, mentor, and instructor of writing and film courses. Silverthorne has lived most of her life in Saskatchewan, and is keenly interested in the landscape and history of the province, which inspires many of her works. She currently lives in Regina, where she juggles a full-time job with writing novels and extensive travel to do author presentations and workshops on the writing process. For more information, or to contact Ms. Silverthorne, please visit her web site at: ­http://www.judithsilverthorne.ca.