Rosella M. Leslie is the author of The Cougar Lady: Legendary Trapper of Sechelt Inlet, The Federov Legacy, Drift Child and The Goat Lady's Daughter. She has co-authored Stain Upon the Sea: West Coast Salmon Farming, Bright Seas, Pioneer Spirits: The History of the Sunshine Coast, Updated and Revised and Sea Silver: Inside British Columbia's Salmon-Farming Industry. Her awards for her excellence in writing include winner of the Federation of BC Writer's Best of BC Writing Competition (1986), co-winner of third prize for the BC Historical Writing Competition (1997); co-winner of the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize (2004); and honourable mention in Prairie Fire's 2016 fiction contest. A founding member of the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts, Rosella is a member of The Writers' Union and a leader of the Memory Café in Sechelt. You can connect with her through her websites www.rosellaleslie.com and www.quintessentialwriters.com. When she's not writing, you can find Rosella hiking, running, and gardening in Halfmoon Bay, BC with Brian and his beautiful golden retriever, Gracie.