![]() ![]() Her children's books are: The Nine Lives of Travis Keating (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2008), The Present Tense of Prinny Murphy (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2009), Home Truths (Dancing Cat Books, 2010), Nix Minus One (Pajama Press, 2013), and The Hidden Agenda of Sigrid Sugden (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2013). Jill was born in England and now lives in Bedford, Nova Scotia. ![]() Little did Jill realize at the time that these experiences could all be called “research,” or that her love of the province would translate into words. Over the years, she’s canoed, kayaked, hiked, and snowmobiled there, travelled the coves by boat, and stayed in the outports. Her books are set in Newfoundland, where her son and his family now live. MacLean's writing has always drawn on experiences in her life for guidance. ![]() MacLean also authored a collection of poetry, The Brevity of Red, which was shortlisted for the Atlantic Poetry Prize and the Acorn-Plantos Award, and she has published a history of Prince Edward Island, Jean Pierre Roma: of the Company of the East of Isle St. ![]() Jill was honoured with The Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children's Literature for the first two books in the Travis Keating/Prinny Murphy series. J ill MacLean is the critically acclaimed author of The Nine Lives of Travis Keating and The Present Tense of Prinny Murphy. ![]()
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