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| Name | Shirlee Smith Matheson |
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| Location | Calgary, Alberta |
| Biography | Aviation adventures are featured in eight of Shirlee Smith Mathesonês 21 published books (14 nonfiction books for adult readers and seven young adult novels), as well as short stories and stage plays. She is an alumnus of Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, and writing courses at University of Iowa. She holds memberships in The Writers Union of Canada, Writers Guild of Alberta, CANSCAIP and YABS, several museums, and is a charter member of Canadian Women in Aviation International (Rocky Mountain High). Awards include: « The 99ês Canadian Award in Aviation « Distinguished Alumni, Athabasca University (2001-2) « Emerald Award finalist for environmental writing. « Alberta and BC nonfiction prizes for This Was Our Valley (new edition 2019 Frontenac House Ltd.). She was employed for a number of years at Calgaryês Aero Space Museum (The Hangar Flight Museum), and recently completed a project as Historian for Calgary International Airport. *** |
| Publications | Publications _ Shirlee Smith Matheson NONFICTION 1. Youngblood of the Peace 2. This Was Our Valley (NEW EDITION 2019) 3. Flying the Frontiers _ A Half-Million Hours of Aviation Adventures 4. Flying the Frontiers Vol. II _More Hours of Aviation Adventures 5. Flying the Frontiers Vol. III _ Aviation Adventures Around the World 6. A Western Welcome to the World _ History of Calgary International Airport 7. Lost: True Stories of Canadian Aviation Tragedies 8. Amazing Flights and Flyers 9. Maverick in the Sky: The Aerial Adventures of WWI Flying Ace Freddie McCall 10. A Royal Balance (authorized biography of Hal E. Wyatt) 11. LOST: True Stories of Canadian Aviation Mysteries (New Edition Frontenac House Ltd,, 2015) YOUNG ADULT FICTION 1. Prairie Pictures (1989; NEW EDITION Heritage House 2014) 2. City Pictures (1992; NEW EDITION Heritage House 2015) 3. Flying Ghosts 4. The Gamblerês Daughter 5. Keeper of the Mountains 6. Fastback Beach 7. Jailbird Kid |
| Awards | Listed above in bio. Recent: University of Calgary Libraries, 2018, awarded International Women's Day: Coast to Coast. Also, CBC Daybreak interview with Russell Bowers re: This Was Our Valley, 2019, Aviation adventures are featured in eight of Shirlee Smith Mathesonês 21 published books (new updated editions/publishers of several books). They include historical and contemporary novels for young people and historical aviation and Northern nonfiction books for adult readers, as well as short stories and stage plays. In 1999 she was awarded The 99ês Canadian Award in Aviation, and is a charter member of Canadian Women in Aviation International (Rocky Mountain High chapter). A new edition of This Was Our Valley, chronicling BC Hydro's three hydro-electric dams built on the Peace River, was released in 2019. Shirlee has lived in all four Western Canadian provinces. For many years she resided in the Peace River country of northeastern BC, but now makes her home in Calgary where she was employed for a number of years at the Aero Space Museum (now The Hangar Flight Museum). Learn more about Shirlee's work in the UofC Archives and Special Collections, or at www.ssmatheson.ca #IWD2018 http://ow.ly/s6qb30iLyYj Photo credit: David Griffin Whyte |
| Experience | Writer in Residence positions *(Calgary Public Library; Medicine Hat College/Public Library; Alexandra Writers Centre Society (AWCS); various short-term residencies in schools. Toured with Young Alberta Book Society, BC Northeast Library Federation; Peace-Liard Regional District Library Assoc.; Can. Children's Book Centre; and publisher-sponsored tours. Featured guest speaker: Wild Words North, Fort St. John BC (2019), Can. Aviation Historical Society conference (2018, 2021); and others postponed (due to COVID). Instructed non-credit writing courses: Alexandra Writers Centre Society; Alberta College of Arts and Design; Mount Royal University (credit & non-credit); WordsWorth; WGA Summer writing camps, etc. |
| Memberships | The Writers Union of Canada; The Writers Guild of Alberta; Young Alberta Book Society; The Hangar Flight Museum (lifetime); Nanton Bomber Command Museum; Can. Aviation Historical Society; others. |
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