About Rowena
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’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.
Me at age 8 (holding the book) with my sister and future co-author on Pender Island, BC.
From a small mountain named Pkols, I can look down on the community and lands where I live on southern Vancouver Island.