Blue Vengeance (25 page)

About the Author

Alison Preston was born and raised in Winnipeg. After trying on a number of other Canadian cities, she returned to her hometown, where she currently resides. All of her books are set in the Norwood Flats area of Winnipeg, including
The Rain Barrel Baby
,
The Geranium Girls
,
Cherry Bites
,
Sunny Dreams
, and
The Girl in the Wall
.

A graduate of the University of Winnipeg, and a letter carrier for twenty-eight years, Alison won the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction for
The Girl in the Wall
and has been twice nominated for the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer, following the publications of
The Rain Barrel Baby
(Signature Editions) and her first novel,
A Blue and Golden Year
(Turnstone Press). She was also shortlisted for the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award and the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award for
Cherry Bites
and the Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher for
Sunny Dreams
.

Visit Alison's website at:
www.alisonpreston.com