I grew up beside the St. Lawrence River outside Kingston, Ontario. As a kid I swam with my brothers on the wrecks of ships from the War of 1812 and later worked in the summers at the reconstructed British Fort Henry. Along the way I developed a taste for history.
Even as a kid I wanted to write books. (My friend Johanne and I wrote the first version of Lake Rules during French class in Grade 10.) I got distracted from that for a while, though. When I finished my education with a masters, teaching, and library degrees, I moved to New Zealand with my husband. For 12 years I worked on farms and in libraries, taught English and drama, and generally had a great life. My daughter, Leila, was born there.
In 1983 I moved back to Kingston with my family and worked as a writer and editor for the Kingston Whig-Standard. I taught writing and editing at Queen's University and am an editor with McGill-Queen's University Press and several academic journals.
Contact me: garviem@queensu.ca, or maureengarvie@gmail.com.
BOOKS
For young adults
Almost Invisible. Groundwood, 2018
George Johnson's War, with Mary Beaty. Toronto: Groundwood, 2002
George Johnson's War, with Mary Beaty. Toronto: Groundwood, 2002
Amy by Any Other Name. Toronto: Key Porter, 2009
Two literary mysteries for adult readers
Withdrawn from Circulation
Cowdy House Press 2015
Lake Rules. Toronto: Key Porter, 2005
Two literary mysteries for adult readers
Withdrawn from Circulation
Cowdy House Press 2015
A Distant Disturbance (ebook)
Woodpecker Lane Press 2020
