WordPlay – For children aged 0 to 100!

Growing up in St. Catharine’s, Ontario, and as a child, Lorna Schultz Nicholson loved to read and write. But her early career path took her to the fields of athletics, recreation, and media. As a compliment to her syndicated radio show in Ottawa, she started writing an anecdotal column on the perils of raising children. By this time, she and her husband Bob had three beautiful children (Mandi, Marijean and Grant). And because of Bob’s job with Hockey Canada they moved to Calgary, Alberta, where she did a brief stint at writing magazine articles and a sports column as well as a brief stint as a community events reporter for a local radio station. But Lorna really wanted to write books and be at home with her children so she quit all her part-time work and dedicated her time to raising her children and writing. Today, she is an award-winning author and has published children’s picture books, middle grade fiction, YA fiction and hockey non-fiction. Her books have also been nominated for many different awards and are often on the CBC’s Best Books for Kids and Teens list. Lorna loves travelling and presents at libraries and schools all over North America to inspire children and teens to love reading and writing. Lorna lives in Edmonton in the winter and Penticton in the summer with her husband and quirky dog she rescued from Mexico.