Jean Rae Baxter


Jean Rae Baxter is a Canadian author. She has two collections of short stories, A Twist of Malice, which was published in 2005 by Seraphim Editions, and Scattered Light, published in 2011 by Seraphim Editions. Her short stories have been included in such anthologies as Revenge and Hardboiled Love, and In the Wings and Scattered Light, Her literary murder mystery Looking for Cardenio was published in 2008. She is the author of a series of Young Adult historical novels, the Forging a Nation Series, The first in this series, The Way Lies North, has been used in the International Baccalaureate Program. It and others in the series have won awards in Canada and the United States. The sixth and final book in the Forging a Nation series, The Knotted Rope is scheduled for Publication by Ronsdale Press in the spring of 2021. Baxter has already started work on a novel to be titled The Battle on the Ice'', based on the American invasion of Pelee Island in 1836.

Biography

Baxter grew up in Hamilton, Ontario. After spending her childhood in Hamilton, she attended the University of Toronto. After completing her master's degree in English, Baxter moved to Kingston, where she worked in radio before returning to university to earn her Bachelor of Education degree at Queen's. She then worked as a high school English teacher until 1996, when she moved back to Hamilton and began to write full-time. In 2016 she returned to Kingston, where she continues to write as well as conduct writing workshops.

Selected bibliography