Photo Credit:
Photo credit
Chris McArthur
Peggy Leavey
BIO
Biography
Born in Toronto, Peggy Dymond Leavey received her formal education in nine different schools between Winnipeg and Fort Chambly, Quebec. Today she lives near Trenton, Ontario with her husband. She has three grown children.A love of local history led to many freelance articles, contributions to three books of local history, and her own book describing the years when her hometown boasted a movie-making industry. Since 1994, she has written several short stories for children, has published 9 novels for young readers and three biographies — Mary Pickford, Laura Secord, and Molly Brant — in the Quest Biography series of Dundurn Press.
ADDRESS
City: Trenton, ON,
Province/Territory: Ontario
EMAIL
c/o TWUC
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
The Path Through the Trees
Publisher
Napoleon
Year
2005
Title
The Deep End Gang
Publisher
Napoleon
Year
2003
Title
Finding My Own Way
Publisher
Napoleon
Year
2001
Title
Sky Lake Summer
Publisher
Napoleon
Year
1999
Title
A Circle in Time
Publisher
Napoleon
Year
1997
Title
Help Wanted: Wednesdays Only
Publisher
Napoleon
Year
1997
Title
Treasure at Turtle Lake
Publisher
Napoleon
Year
2007
Title
Trouble at Turtle Narrows
Publisher
Napoleon
Year
2008
Title
Growing Up Ivy
Publisher
Dundurn Press
Year
2010
Title
Mary Pickford: Canada's Silent Siren
Title
America's Sweetheart
Publisher
Dundurn Press
Year
2011
Title
Laura Secord: Heroine of the War of 1812
Publisher
Dundurn Press
Year
2012
Title
Molly Brant: Mohawk Loyalist and Diplomat
Publisher
Dundurn Press
Year
2012
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