Alice Walsh

Alice Walsh was born and raised in Newfoundland, Canada. An alumnus of St. Mary’s University and Acadia University, Walsh has degrees in both English and criminology, and a master’s degree in English literature with a focus on children’s literature. She is the award- winning author of several children’s books and young adult novels, including Pomiuk, Prince of the North, A Sky Black with Crows, and her latest book, A Long Way from Home. Walsh has received the Canadian Children’s Book Centre “Our Choice” Award, the Ann Connor Brimer Book Award, and was shortlisted for the Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award. A former preschool teacher, probation officer, and creative writing instructor, Walsh currently lives and writes in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.

Books by Alice Walsh

Death on Darby's Island

Death on Darby Island

Uncle Farley's False Teeth

Last Lullaby

A Change of Heart

Buried Truth

Buried Truths

Analyzing Sylvia Plath

A Long Way from Home

Gift of Music, A

A Sky Black with Crows

Pomiuk, Prince of the North

Mermaid