![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The much-published Peterson ( The Ballad of Knuckles McGraw, Meeting Miss 405 and Silver Rain) has worked in libraries for some 35 years, including seven years in children’s services for Surrey Public Library, as well as teaching creative writing to adults, teens and and children.Īnd Watson, a poet and comparative newcomer to writing fiction, has worked for years with academically and literacy-challenged teens, as a teacher in Langley School District. The key to reaching reluctant teen readers – according to South Surrey authors and neighbours Lois Peterson and Cristy Watson – is including lots of dialogue. It isn’t the choice of subject matter or how cool you’re trying to be – although if you’re going for a contemporary voice, you’d better be darned sure your vocabulary is authentic. ![]()
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