About Rowena
Me at age 8 (holding the book) with my sister and future co-author on Pender Island, BC.
Short bio:
Rowena Rae worked as a biologist in Canada and New Zealand before becoming a freelance writer and editor and a children’s author. She writes both fiction and nonfiction from her home in Victoria, British Columbia.
Longer bio:
I grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia, where I explored nearby beaches, forests, and islands with my family. Much of my childhood was spent outdoors and I typically had a book close at hand. After travelling, studying, and working in many amazing places around the world, I landed back in BC, on Vancouver Island.
I’m a children’s author of science and nature books for upper elementary and middle grade readers. Check them out on my books page. I also co-author, with my sister, a series of decodable phonics books for children learning to read: The Meg and Greg series.
When I’m not researching, writing, revising, or giving author visits about my own books, I’m a freelance editor and coach helping other people with their writing. I do this work as a partner with West Coast Editorial Associates.
I held my first-ever book launch party for my first published middle grade book on February 22, 2020. Four weeks later, life on Zoom began in BC, like in so many parts of the world.
From a small mountain named Pkols, I can look down on the community and lands where I live on southern Vancouver Island.
I’m so thankful to have a life filled with words, revisions, manuscripts, books, and young people. And I’m especially grateful to be living this writing life on the traditional lands of the W̱SÁNEĆ and Lekwungen-speaking Peoples. I’m once again near a breathtaking seashore and a forest of magnificent trees, special places similar to those I explored as a child.