Wendy Phillips leaves on Gabriola Island on Canada's west coast. Her first novel, Fishtailing, won several awards, including the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Writing and the Moonbeam Award for Innovative Storytelling. Baggage is her second novel in verse. She has a journalism degree, has travelled extensively and has taught high school English.
"The beauty of the free verse style is that readers are never overwhelmed with narrative description or ongoing dialogue...It works beautifully and gives a refreshing new perspective about the cruel games sometimes played in high schools and the resulting teenage angst, despair and emotional trauma. Fishtailing is a novel worth having in any collection - for the poignant characterization, for the gripping plot, for the ingenuity of the writing. Highly Recommended."--CM Magazine
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