Synopses & Reviews
"[Armstrong's] voice is authentic and fearless. . . I had found a book about me. This is my winding road. . . the people of this book are like a broken mirror, reflecting the silvery slivers of my neighbours, my friends, my grandparents and children; these people are me and they are you. . . In
The Colour of Water, I was whisked to the most exotic place of all-deeper into my own heart and soul. . . Buy this book. Dive into it, enjoy it, lose yourself then find yourself in it. Then buy a copy for your friend in the city who will read about this Kootenay land and people, and know you again for the first time."
-Mainstreet
About the Author
Luanne Armstrong, MFA, Ph. D, is a novelist, freelance writer, editor, and publisher. Her writing and research interests include place and nature, ecological identity, and writing as inquiry. She has published over fifteen books, including poetry, novels, children's books and a memoir. Her work has been nominated for numerous prizes and awards. Luanne teaches Creative Writing in the University of British Columbia Master's Program, and at other educational institutions within BC and Alberta.
She is presently working on a book on the ethics of autobiographical writing for Pacific Educational Press and her new children's book, I'll Be Home Soon will be published by Ronsdale Press in Fall 2012.
Currently Luanne lives on her organic heritage farm in the Kootenay region of BC.