Meet the final Judges
Pat
Jensen Jeffery
Pat’s literary credits include scripting
several cable television programs. She has also
worked as both producer and host. In addition
to her novel SHOCK TRAUMA,
Pat has written two full-length screenplays, a
TV pilot and has just completed the scripts for
three videos now in production. You can view Pat's
novel by clicking on the following link. Shock
Trauma @ Amazon.com
Writing résumé
• 2005: currently at work on 3rd feature
length screenplay
• 2004: screenplay ARCTIC CIRCLE was selected
as one of four finalists for the 2004 Writers
Guild of Canada’s ‘Jim Burt’
screenwriting competition
• 2003: wrote 2nd feature length screenplay
ARCTIC CIRCLE, (when hunters begin disappearing
from a remote arctic outpost, the town’s
new nurse tries to help the RCMP with their investigation.
But it is only while searching for her downed
medevac plane that an RCMP officer uncovers the
chilling truth behind a local mystery and a ghostly
legend involving Albert Johnson…aka…The
Mad Trapper of Rat River)
• 2000: wrote 1st feature length screenplay
A DATE WITH DESTINY, (a fictionalized yet true
to life account of Pierre Trudeau’s last
term in office)
• 1997: published the novel SHOCK TRAUMA,
(loosely based on Pat’s own career as a
helicopter flight nurse. The story revolves around
Angie, a talented yet burnt-out ICU nurse who
joins a fledgling helicopter air ambulance program.
When her paramedic boyfriend dies tragically,
Angie is certain her entire world has died too.
With the 1988 Calgary Olympics fast approaching,
pilot Dale Morgan must drag Angie back to reality…and
life. And as the Games are about to end, Angie
and Dale are finally forced to admit to feelings
they have always had for each other.
• 1984-2003: wrote six scripts for documentary
videos
Kim
Tetarenko
Kim is a mechanical engineer turned writer, guide,
and photographer. Her first book, Ken
Jones Mountain Man, was nominated for an
award at the Banff Mountain Book Festival. She
is currently working on a new series of kids'
books called The Adventurers.
She can be seen driving around in a 1972 Super
Beetle with the kids in the book painted on one
side, and a skeleton on the other. The Adventuremobile
is for visiting schools and promoting awareness
of the new series. You can check out her web site
at www.theadventurers.com
Barbara
Smith
Barbara Smith is the author of 16 books, 13 of
which are collections of true ghost stories. Ghost
Stories of Alberta, Ghost Stories of California,
Canadian Ghost Stories, Haunted Theaters are
some of her titles in that series. She has taught
writing-related courses at the University of Alberta,
Grant MacEwan College as well as for private industry.
Barbara's books can be found in most books stores
or on-line at Chapters,
Amazon.com
or Barnes
& Noble.
Ghost Stories of Alberta, Hounslow
Press, Toronto, 1993
Deadly Encounters, True Crime Stories of Alberta,
Hounslow Press, Toronto, 1993
Fatal Intentions, True Canadian Crime Stories,
Hounslow Press, Toronto 1994
More Ghost Stories of Alberta, Lone Pine Publishing,
Edmonton, 1996
Passion and Scandal, Great Canadian Love Stories,
Detselig Press, Calgary, 1997
Ghost Stories of Manitoba, Lone Pine Publishing,
Edmonton, 1998
Ontario Ghost Stories, Lone Pine Publishing, Edmonton,
1998
Ghost Stories and Mysterious Creatures of British
Columbia, Lone Pine Publishing, Edmonton, 1999
Ghost Stories of the Rocky Mountains, Lone Pine
Publishing, 1999
Ghost Stories of Washington, Lone Pine Publishing,
Edmonton, 2000
Ghost Stories of Hollywood, Lone Pine Publishing,
Edmonton, 2000
Ghost Stories of California, Lone Pine Publishing,
Edmonton, 2000
Canadian Ghost Stories, Lone Pine Publishing,
Edmonton, 2001
Even More Ghost Stories of Alberta, Lone Pine
Publishing, Edmonton, 2001
Haunted Theaters, Lone Pine Publishing, Edmonton,
2002
Ontario Ghost Stories, Volume II, Lone Pine Publishing,
2002
Ghost Stories of the Rocky Mountains, Volume II,
Ghost House Books, 2003
Ghost Stories of the Sea, Ghost House Books, 2003
Horribly Haunted Houses, Ghost House Books, 2004
Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Ghost House Books,
2004
Fin, Fur and Feather Phantoms, Ghost House Books,
2004
Jacqueline
Guest
Jacqueline Guest is a Metis writer who lives in
a log cabin nestled in the pinewoods of the Rocky
Mountain foothills of Alberta.
She has seven published novels and is currently
working on her next project.
Her novels include; Hat
Trick, Free Throw, Rink Rivals, Triple Threat,
A Goal in Sight, Rookie
Season, and Lightning
Rider.
Jacqueline has won three Canadian Children's
Book Centre Choice Awards and has been on
juries
for the AFA for the Grant MacEwan Award and the
AFA Writing Grants.
For more information on Jacqueline Guest
and her books, please visit www.jacquelineguest.com . |