Photo Credit:
Photo credit
Duke Morse
Marion Crook
BIO
Biography

Marion Crook has had a long career in writing. She wrote Young Adult and Middle Grade novels as well as non-fiction around issues such as adoption (Thicker Than Blood Arsenal Pulp, The Face in the Mirror Arsenal Pulp), Suicide (Out of the Darkness Arsenal Pulp). Recently she has written The British Book Tour Mysteries under the pen name of Emma Dakin Hazards in Hampshire, Crime in Cornwall, Perils in Yorkshire and Danger in Edinburgh.

Her memoir of her early life as a pubic health nurse Always Pack a Candle A Nurse in the Cariboo -Chilcotin immediately hit the BC Bestsellers list and won the 2022 Lieutenant-Governor's Community History Award. 

She lives in Gibsons on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia.

ADDRESS
City: Gibsons, Province/Territory: British Columbia
EMAIL
GENRE
memoir, cozy mysteries
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Lieutenant-Governor's Community History Award
Publication
Always Pack a Candle: A nurse in the Cariboo-Chilcotin
Year
2022
LINKS
Links
Marion Crook
Emma Dakin
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Presentation details
Audience Size
Audience size
50
Presentation Length
1 hour
Presentation Description
Presentation description

Can do a reading with question and answers or

a writing instruction seminar

Presentation Fee(s)
depends on what is require in time and preparation. Minimum $300
School presentation details
Audience Size
one class
Intended Audience
teens or adults
Presentation Length
1 hour or one school period
Presentation Description
Presentation description

 Discussion of one of my books that interests the class, question and answers as well as "how to" tips.

Presentation Fee(s)
$750
Programs & Interests
Interested in participating Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program:
All members are eligible for the Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program. Are you interested in participating in this pro
Yes
Interested in participating in the Northern Ontario WITS program:
The Union’s Northern Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program funds in-person visits to northern Ontario schools when possible. Ar
Yes