ardelleholden

Ardelle Holden is an award-winning writer and artist. She has written for her hometown paper as a columnist and feature article writer, and her photographs and a drawing have won awards in the 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 at the Society of the Arts Annual Show in Ajijic, Jalisco for photography and drawing. She has had a wealth of life experiences over diverse careers to fuel her writing in several genres. She is presently working on a sequel to Killing Imaginary Friends and her first children's picture book, Terrance the Terrapin, The Turtle who wanted to be a Seeing-Eye Turtle. Also percolating are an historical fiction based on characters in her family tree, as well as short stories about her life in the bush and other wild adventures. These may appear on her blog before compilation. She and Patrick raised two children working together in aviation, mining exploration, and in the wild rice lakes of northern Manitoba. Ardelle is pursuing her diverse artistic passions in retirement in Nanaimo, BC and Ajijic, Mexico.