About the Author

Judith Silverthorne is a ­multiple-­award winning ­Regina-­based writer. She is the author of six novels for young readers with Coteau books, including: The Secret of Sentinel Rock, The Secret of the Stone House, Dinosaur Hideout, Dinosaur Breakout and Dinosaur ­Stakeout.

Two of her novels for young readers have won the Sask-atchewan Book Award for Children’s Literature. Her titles have received the “Our Choice” designation from the Canadian Children’s Book Centre, while her first book, The Secret of Sentinel Rock, was also nominated for the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Writing for Young ­People.

As a freelance writer, she has written several hundred articles and columns for newspapers and magazines. During the last few years she has also worked as an editor, researcher, curator, scriptwriter, and a television documentary producer. She also writing workshops and film classes, and does extensive author presentations and ­workshops.

Judith Silverthorne has lived most of her life in Saskatchewan, in both urban and rural settings, and it is the source of much of her material. She has recently engaged in extensive travelling and teaching English to foreign students, but continues to write young readers’ and adult fiction, historical ­non-­fiction books and ­articles.