JOANNA EMERY - Children's Author

CONTACT INFORMATION (available for school visits and author signings in period costume) PHONE: 519.647.0036 EMAIL: joannaemery(at)hotmail(dot)com WEBSITE: www(dot)joannaemery(dot)com

My Bio

My Writing

My Works-In-Progress

Perhaps you've already read some of my work?

The Shroud of Turin A Modern Mystery?

SOME OF MY BOOKS! (shown below):

Crop Circles, you say?

CARING FOR A COLONY:  THE STORY OF JEANNE MANCE Part of the Stories of Canada series for middle-grade readers, published by Napoleon Publishing of Toronto ISBN:  1-894917-07-3 72 pages, hardcover

To Order CARING FOR A COLONY Please Click here

BROTHERS OF THE FALLS ...the story of two Irish immigrant brothers separated across an ocean... EXCITING HISTORICAL FICTION SET IN NIAGARA FALLS, 1847 Published by Silver Moon Press, New York, 2004 AGES 8 - 12 years

Click here to find out more about BROTHERS OF THE FALLS and how to order

JOURNEY OF THE SHROUD: STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE A new book about the Shroud of Turin written for today's youth. 79 pages, softcover, full colour photographs throughout Volumes Publishing, Canada, 2007 CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

WHAT ELSE IS NEW? I was thrilled to win IBBY's 2003 Frances E. Russell Award for my children's non-fiction book proposal "Nearly Seven Months:  Sophia MacNab's Diary" A few early readers coming out soon from Scholastic:  ANTONIO'S MUSIC (a biography of Antonio Vivaldi), LOUIS CYR (history called him the strongest man in Canada and the world), and a Rookie Reader about doing laundry, STINKY CLOTHES. ...my essay, Pictures of the Heart has been published in the Chicken Soup for the Single Parent's Soul !

A Mystery or two...

While writing is my career, I do have another special interest.  I'm the Ontario Coordinator for the Canadian Crop Circle Research Network (CCCRN).  What's all that about?  Click here and find out!  I'm also fascinated with mysteries, especially historic ones.  The Shroud of Turin is a great example.  Many think that the Carbon 14 dating test of 1988 proved it to be a forgery - but myriad of questions still remain.....

Website last updated on October 23/07