Peggy Dymond Leavey
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Biography
Born in Toronto in 1941, Peggy spent much of her childhood moving from one military base to another across the country. When the Dymond family finally settled in the Trenton area she finished her schooling, married and raised a family.
Although she has always loved to write, it wasn't until her three children were all in school that she decided it was time to take it seriously and enroll in a writing course. Since then, she has published many newspaper and magazine articles, a number of short stories in children's magazines, and been contributing editor on three books of local history.
Her first book of non-fiction was published by Mika Publishing, Belleville, in 1989. To date she has published eight novels for children, all with Napoleon Publishing, Toronto. Her books have been nominated for various awards, including the Ontario Silver Birch Award, the Arthur Ellis Award, the Tiny Torgi Award (for talking books) and the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award.
A retired librarian, Peggy continues to write from her Northumberland County home west of Trenton where she lives with her husband, Wayne Leavey.
Growing Up Ivy, a new YA novel by Peggy Dymond Leavey, published by Dundurn.
Bibliography
Trouble at Turtle Narrows. Toronto: Napoleon Publishing, 2008.
Treasure at Turtle Lake. Toronto: Napoleon Publishing, 2007.
The Path through the Trees. Toronto: Napoleon Publishing, 2005.
The Deep End Gang. Toronto: Napoleon Publishing, 2003.
Finding My Own Way. Toronto: Napoleon Publishing, 2001.
Sky Lake Summer. Toronto: Napoleon Publishing, 1999.
A Circle in Time. Toronto: Napoleon Publishing, 1997.
Help Wanted: Wednesdays Only. Toronto: Napoleon Pub., 1994.
The Movie Years: A Nostalgic Remembrance of Canada’s Film-making Capital Trenton, Ontario 1917-1934. Belleville: Mika Publishing, 1989.
