Diane Haynes

Author and animal activist Diane Haynes published her first poem at six and received her first book manuscript rejection at seven, stating, "We publish books for children, not by children." Seventeen jobs, six magazines and 30 years later, she tried again, and Jane Ray's Wildlife Rescue Series was launched.

Diane's first job out of university saw her loading 25,000 copies of the newly launched Vancouver Boulevard: An Arts Magazine into her 1966 Chevrolet Malibu and finding them homes. When the editor left suddenly, she was offered the job. Since Boulevard, Diane has worked as a copywriter (Douglas & McIntyre), copy editor (SFU; UBC), publicist (Stanton & MacDougall) and Marketing Director for a national, bilingual magazine (REALM: Creating Work You Want).

Diane lives in New Westminster, BC with tabby team Sadie and Frances, is the Humane Education Supervisor with the BC SPCA and is the founder of the Haynes Scholarship for the Advancement of Animal Welfare at UBC.

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Crow Medicine (2 in stock) - ON SALE!

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● Diane Haynes

Format: Paperback

Text Content Territories: Indigenous;

Grade Levels: 7; 8; 9; 10;

ISBN / Barcode: 9781552858066

Synopsis:

Crow Medicine opens under the impending threat of West Nile virus. Jane`s favourite animals at the Urban Wildlife Rescue Centre (UWRC) are the juvenile crows, mischievous tricksters with blue-black feathers and an appetite for all that sparkles. But the inexplicable deaths of crows in the city, public fear and media frenzy culminate with the UWRC`s policy to euthanize all crows admitted in order to protect staff and volunteers from the deadly disease. Torn between her love for the crows and her loyalty to the Centre, Jane sets out on a quest to bring a controversial vaccine back over the Rocky Mountains-in time, she hopes, to save the birds. Crow Medicine features natural history, facts about the West Nile virus and Native mythology within the context of an action-packed adventure.

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