Shane Peacock



Silver Birch Fiction Nominee 2010

                                 






Authors’ Booking Service is pleased to announce that young adult author, Shane Peacock, is now scheduling visits to Ontario schools for the coming school year. 

Shane would love to plan a visit to your school or library. His rate is $300 for a single session, $550 for two sessions, $750 for three sessions and $900 for four sessions. His only other expenses are GST and travel from Baltimore, ON (approx 100k east of Toronto).

Shane is the author of the hot new The Boy Sherlock Holmes series as well as the Dylan Maples Adventures. He is also a playwright, documentary screenwriter, and journalist.


Shane Peacock's Eye of the Crow: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His First Case, was the winner of the 2008 Violet Downey Award for best children’s novel in Canada in the English language, the Arthur Ellis Award winner for best YA crime fiction in Canada, and the Honour Book for both the Canadian Library Association’s Children’s Book of the Year and the Young Adult Book of the Year. This goes with the book's inclusion on the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award shortlist, selection as a Junior Library Guild of America Premier award, Moonbeam Gold Medal Award, nominations on every Forest of Reading shortlist in Canada, and starred reviews in Booklist, The School Library Journal, CM Magazine, and Quill & Quire. The novel has appeared in translation in European countries as well. The sequel in the series, Death in the Air: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Second Case, was also a Junior Library Guild of America Premier Selection, a TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award nominee, a Violet Downey nominee, and a Silver Birch nominee.
 
Vanishing Girl: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Third Case, also a Junior Library Guild selection, the third in a row for the series, appeared in October 2009 from Tundra Books in both Canada and the United States. A haunted house mystery, it takes Sherlock on a twisting and turning chase through London, Portsmouth, and the English countryside, in search of the kidnapped daughter of an important politician. The Secret Fiend, the fourth novel in the series will be published in May of 2010.
 
Here’s what school Librarian Pam Adair of Oshawa had to say about this author: 
 
“I’m sure Shane hears this all the time after his visits but our students could hardly wait to get their hands on our copies of his books! Wow! It is wonderful to see them so enthused. Both students and teachers have had many favorable comments about his visit.” 
 
Shane is a member of The Writers' Union of Canada, and so schools wishing to invite him may be eligible for a travel and fee subsidy to off-set the cost of his visit. For details of this program, please contact us.  
 
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PUBLISHED WORKS: SHANE PEACOCK 
 
Young Adult Novels:

Vanishing Girl: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Third Case, 2009 
Death in the Air: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Second Case, 2008 
Eye of the Crow: the Boy Sherlock Holmes, His First Case, 2007 
Monster in the Mountains, A Dylan Maples Adventure. 2003 
Bone Beds of the Badlands, A Dylan Maples Adventure. 2001 
The Secret of the Silver Mines, A Dylan Maples Adventure. 2000 
The Mystery of Ireland’s Eye, A Dylan Maples Adventure. 1999

 
Young Adult Non-Fiction: 
Unusual Heroes: Canada’s Prime Ministers and Fathers of Confederation. 2002 

Adult Non-Fiction: 
The Great Farini: The High-Wire Life of William Hunt. 1995  
 

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS: 
 
Eye of the Crow: the Boy Sherlock Holmes, His First Case 
Violet Downey Award winner, 2008

Arthur Ellis Award winner, 2008

Canadian Library Association Children’s Book of the Year, Honour Book, 2008

Canadian Library Association YA Book of the Year, Honour Book, 2008

American Library Association Top Ten Youth Mystery, 2008

Junior Library Guild of America Premier Selection, 2007

TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, shortlist, 2008

Moonbeam Children’s Book Award, Gold Medal winner, 2008

Silver Birch Honour Book, 2009

Red Cedar Award, shortlist, 2009

Geoffrey Bilson Historical Fiction Award, shortlist, 2008

Nautilus Award, Silver Winner, 2008

Manitoba Young Readers Choice, shortlist, 2008

Snow Willow Award, shortlist, 2009

Hackmatack Children’s Choice Award, shortlist, 2009

Rocky Mountain Award, shortlist, 2009

ForeWord Magazine Juvenile Fiction Book of the Year, shortlist, 2008

Tri-State Young Adult Fiction Book, Book of Note, 2008

Ontario Library Association Top Ten, 2008  
Quill & Quire magazine book of the year, 2007 

Death in the Air: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Second Case

Junior Library Guild of America Premier Selection, 2008

TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, shortlist, 2009

Canadian Library Association’s Children’s Book of the Year, shortlist, 2009

Violet Downey Award, shortlist, 2009

Silver Birch Award, shortlist, 2010

Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award, shortlist, 2010

A Mystery New Book of the Year, 2008

Ontario Library Association Best Bets, 2008

Resources Links Best Books for 2008, Fiction, grades 7-12 
 

Vanishing Girl: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Third Case

Junior Library Guild of America Premier Selection, 2009  

The Mystery of Ireland’s Eye, A Dylan Maples Adventure: 
- Hackmatack Children’s Choice Award, shortlist, 2001 
- Rocky Mountain Award, shortlist, 2001 
- CNIB Torgi Talking Book Award, shortlist, 2001 
- Arthur Ellis Award, shortlist, 2000  
- Red Maple Award, shortlist, 2000 
 
Bone Beds of the Badlands, A Dylan Maples Adventure: 
- Red Maple Award, shortlist, 2002 
- Arthur Ellis Award, shortlist, 2002

The Secret of the Silver Mines, A Dylan Maples Adventure: 
- Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Select Choice, 2000 

Unusual Heroes: Canada’s Prime Ministers: 
- Ontario Library Association, Best Bet for 2002, Non Fiction

 

SHANE'S PRESENTATION DETAILS: 
 
Shane offers an upbeat presentation about why he thinks reading and writing are the most exciting things a kid can do. It appeals to all ages and genders within his audience, though teachers often comment that it has a particularly positive effect on boys and reluctant readers. He discusses why it took him a while to get interested in reading as a kid, how he became a writer, and the wild and crazy things he has written about. He describes how he conceived and wrote his best-selling, award-nominated series “The Dylan Maples Adventures,” tells a little about them, reveals a few secrets of his trade, and delivers a short, dramatic reading from one of his books. Students are encouraged to interact.  
 
Sometimes Shane gives lessons on how to walk high wires and sumo wrestle, then shows a short segment from a documentary he wrote, in which the world’s greatest high wire walker crosses above a river with no net, filming the walk as he goes!  
 
Specifics Overview from Shane:

I will present to grades 4 to 12

I will present to grade 3s as well, in a pinch.  

Maximum number of students per session: 100

I’ve spoken to as many as 300 at schools and if consulted ahead of time and satisfied with the venue, would always at least consider presenting to such large numbers.  

I offer workshops for grades 4 - 12

Maximum participants for workshop: 20 or 30  

I also offer...

Grade 12 Writers' Craft Workshops  

Venue preferences:  Libraries are by far the best followed by classrooms. Some auditoriums have theatre-like areas – obviously they would be fine.  I will and do speak in auditoriums and gyms, but like to know ahead of time of such a choice of venue and only speak there if libraries aren’t available.  

I require a TV with VCR/DVD capability, and a table to display my books.