Cheryl kaye tardif biography death

Home— Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Ran a home daycare for more than fourteen years. Teacher of creative writing and phonics courses. Also author of suspense novel Children of the Fog, and of two children's books. Author, with Alison Neuman, of a screenplay adaptation of Whale Song.

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Her work was eventually picked up by a mainstream publisher, Kunati, and the revised edition of Whale Song drew favorable reviews. Tardif has worked to promote her writing in innovative ways, including virtual book tours, in which she "visits" various blogs and Web sites to be interviewed, and the use of social networking Web sites.

Whale Song is a novel whose plot has some similarities to Tardif's real life. She moved frequently as a child, because her father was in the military. Sarah, the protagonist of Whale Song, also must move because of her father's job. A transfer from Wyoming to Vancouver Island in Canada takes Sarah away from her best friend and into a world where she is disparaged as an outsider, for she is white in a predominantly Indian community.

Sarah immediately makes friends with Goldie, an Indian girl whose kindness helps Sarah deal with the prejudice she encounters. Goldie's grandmother teaches Sarah about native ways. Sarah also finds solace in her love of the wolves and killer whales that inhabit the region. More conflict arises when she must face tough moral issues related to the end of life.

Mayra Calvani, reviewing the book for the Dark Phantom Review, commented that the author created an "immediate intimate rapport with the young protagonist. McLellan is assigned to work on a case in an isolated town called Divine, British Columbia.