Nominated for The Butler Book Prize and shortlisted for the Lane Anderson Award. What she found was a charismatic history maker and invaluable landscape shaper, which easily ranks as Canada’s most influential animal. But how well do we really know this Canadian icon? A few years ago, that question launched biologist, historian and award-winning author Frances Backhouse on a cross-country tour to investigate the beaver’s past, present and future, and to contemplate our multifaceted association with this remarkable rodent. With its buckteeth, paddle tail and pride of place on the ubiquitous nickel, Castor canadensis is one of North America’s most widely recognized wildlife species.
Once They Were Hats: In Search of the Mighty Beaver. Children of the Klondike will bring their stories together for the first time.Ĭhildren of the Klondike won the 2010 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize. Although the Klondike gold rush was largely an adult event, a few children-from newborns to toddlers to teenagers-were swept up in this amazing, turn-of-the-century adventure. WITH GHOSTS: The Chilkoot Trail, Then and NowĬHILDREN OF THE KLONDIKE, (Whitecap Books, 2010). Optioned for film by Snitch Pictures, 2017. Her other three books reflect her ongoing fascination with Klondike gold rush history.
Her training and experience as a biologist inform her environmental writing, including her books about owls and woodpeckers. The author of award-winning books and articles, Frances Backhouse has a strong media skills and has written for Audubon, New Scientist, Canadian Geographic and numerous other magazines. Click here for PAST PROJECTS by Swayze Agency authors.īackhouse is a biologist and MFA grad, a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and the Canadian Science Writers' Association.
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