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Elinor Florence

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My new historical novel Finding Flora, about women homesteaders on the prairies, was published by Simon & Schuster in April 2025.
My debut novel Bird's Eye View, about a young woman who joins the air force in World War Two and becomes an aerial photographic interpreter, became a Canadian bestseller in 2016.
My second novel Wildwood is about a single mother from the big city who must fulfill the conditions of her inheritance by living for one year in an abandoned, off-the-grid farmhouse in northern Canada.
I grew up on a prairie farm and had a long career in journalism, writing for newspapers and magazines including Reader’s Digest. I even published my own newspaper before turning to fiction.
I self-identify as indigenous, thanks to my Cree anc
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Average rating: 4.29 · 3,424 ratings · 625 reviews · 4 distinct worksSimilar authors
Finding Flora

4.27 avg rating — 2,207 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions
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Wildwood

4.28 avg rating — 722 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions
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Bird's Eye View

4.38 avg rating — 489 ratings — published 2014 — 11 editions
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New Book Coming

Smiling woman with brown hair and glasses holds open a book with a colourful illustration by Charles Russell of cowboys roping horses.My new book with the working title Touching Grass is no more than a twinkle in my eye, but I'm researching another Western historical adventure. Can you guess the theme by looking at this image? Read more of this blog post »
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My new book with the working title Touching Grass is no more than a twinkle in my eye, but I'm researching another Western historical adventure. Can y Read more of this blog post »
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Nightshade by Michael    Connelly
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Until now Michael Connelly has never disappointed, but in this case I found my attention wandering as I read the first book in a new series. I just could not connect with the main character, or his lukewarm love interest, and the plot seemed to jump ...more
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Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
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My book club choice this month was an unexpected treat, since I had not read anything by Mary Lawson, and I loved it. The setting is rural Ontario, and I could picture the landscape so well, along with the neighbours and the nearby town. I think rura ...more
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" BOOK REVIEW RAGE — Remind me never to give author Richard Ford a bad book review. This is from Wikipedia. “Ford once sent Alice Hoffman a copy of one ...more "
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A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen
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This is a simple but heartfelt tale about a recovering drug addict in London, England who is struggling to get his life back together when he adopts a stray ginger tom named Bob (or does Bob adopt him?) I learned so much about homelessness and addict ...more
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George Dawson by Joyce Barkhouse
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Why don't Canadians know more about this incredible man? Although stunted at the age of ten by a crippling spinal disease, George Dawson achieved heroic feats in his day. He was a member of the Boundary Commission that charted the Canada-U.S. border ...more
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Snap by Susin Nielsen
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Charming, light-hearted and witty — this palate-cleanser was just what the doctor ordered after some pretty heavy reads. Three very disparate characters meet in a court-ordered anger management program and help each other as they deal with the issues ...more
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The Correspondent by Virginia      Evans
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" I have been immersed in history lately and ran across this lovely little biography of a guy who should be well-known to ALL Canadians, George Dawson: ...more "
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Lightning by Fred Stenson
" Marilyn wrote: "Great review, do you have to read The Trade first? You have been reading some wonderful westerns, I am inspired as I really did enjoy ...more "
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“I am, to my core, Canadian, so, by osmosis, everything I write reflects that upbringing.”
Elinor Florence, Bird's Eye View

“No matter how good it is, your book will not sell itself.”
Elinor Florence

“I set one cup of milk into a pan of water and heated it to boiling. Bridget stirred the dry ingredients together five times, as the recipe directed: one cup flour, one cup sugar, three teaspoons baking powder and a pinch of salt. She sifted so merrily that a cloud of white flour circled her curly dark head like a halo. Into the dry ingredients I poured the hot milk, then folded in two stiff egg whites before pouring the batter into a pan and popping it into a moderate oven. When it had risen satisfactorily and a broom straw inserted into the centre came out clean,”
Elinor Florence, Wildwood

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“Fear is the original sin. Almost all of the evil in the world has its origin in the fact that some one is afraid of something.It is a cold slimy serpent coiling about you. It is horrible to live with fear; and it is of all things degrading.”
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“Her only gift was knowing people almost by instinct, she thought, walking on. If you put her in a room with someone, up went her back like a cat's; or she purred.”
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“The fashion has been in literary fiction for the depressing ending, and for more or less passive characters who have terrible things happen to them . . . So why not have a happy ending? Is there a law?”
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Elinor Peggy wrote: "Elinor,
Really looking forward to your new novel coming out in 2018! Happy reading,
Peggy Zsutty"


Thanks so much, Peggy!


Peggyzbooksnmusic Elinor,
Really looking forward to your new novel coming out in 2018! Happy reading,
Peggy Zsutty


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