Teresa Saari

Teresa Saari, children’s literacy advocate and author of Imogene of the Pacific Kingdom and Dager of the Tasman Empire, currently lives in a community west of Edmonton, Alberta with her husband of fifteen years, and three children.  She wouldn’t trade small town living for anything in the world.  She was born in Duncan, British Columbia and lived in Lake Cowichan until shortly after her sixteenth birthday.  Taking time out for annual visits to Vancouver Island is still a must in her busy schedule, as she has a lot of family and friends who still reside there.   Writing became one of the main focuses of Teresa’s life only a few years ago, when her eldest daughter, then ten couldn’t find anything to read that sparked her interest.  She sat down at the keyboard and began to type.  At first she was unsure whether or not it would become a story suitable for that particular age group, but after many rewrites and months of editing, her persistence paid off. “Creating the character, Imogene was an exciting experience for the girls and me.  She became such a big part of our lives during the actual writing that the girls would even come home from school and ask, how’s Imogene?  She couldn’t have been more real for any of us, if she’d been sitting right there in the office next to me.”  By the end of January 2004, there were on the average four copies of Imogene in thirteen Cole’s/Smithbooks outlets in and around the Edmonton area. Allbooks Reviews, listed as one of Writer’s Digest top 101 websites for writers has chosen Imogene of the Pacific Kingdom for the Editor’s Choice Award for 2004, under the children’s fiction category. Teresa has been featured on radio stations across Canada and on CTV.  She regularly submits articles of interest to a local newspaper and is thrilled to announce that book three is currently underway.  She is not yet ready to divulge what the third installment in her series is about. Book two; entitled Dager of the Tasman Empire was released on December 16th, 2004 .  It has so far received two reviews, both rating five out of five stars.  At present both books can be found at Audrey’s books, Greenwood’s Bookshoppe, Carvel General Store, as well as Cole’s/Smithbooks, Chapters and Indigo outlets.   teresasaari@aol.com

Teresa Saari is the author of these published works:   Imogene of the Pacific Kingdom Dager of the Tasman Empire

Contact Teresa at:  www.teresasaari.com