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Iona Whishaw

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Iona Whishaw


Born
Kimberley, BC, Canada
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Iona Whishaw has been a youth worker, social worker, teacher and an award winning High School Principal, who continued with her writing throughout her working life. Receiving her Masters in Creative writing from UBC, Iona has published short fiction, poetry, poetry translation and one children's book, Henry and the Cow Problem. The Lane Winslow mystery series is her first foray into adult fiction.

Iona was born in Kimberley BC, but grew up in a number of different places, including a small community on Kootenay Lake, as well as Mexico and Central America, and the US because of her father's geological work. She took a degree in history and education from Antioch College, and subsequent degrees in Writing at UBC and pedagogy at Simon Fraser Un
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More books by Iona Whishaw…
A Killer in King's Cove Death in a Darkening Mist An Old, Cold Grave It Begins In Betrayal A Sorrowful Sanctuary A Deceptive Devotion A Match Made for Murder
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“I’m sorry to hear that. I was hoping for something more dramatic. What’s the point of a knife fight if you’ve nothing to show for it?”
Iona Whishaw, Framed in Fire

“partially”
Iona Whishaw, A Killer in King's Cove

“There’s that business of walking a mile in someone else’s shoes. I mean, I don’t think most people walk that mile. Or maybe I mean I don’t, not as much as I should. I just see the world from my perspective and assume everyone else sees it the same way.”
Iona Whishaw, A Match Made for Murder

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