Her first juvenile novel Thunder Ice (Coteau, 1996) was followed by Half-Pipe Kid (Coteau, 1997) about boys who enjoy freestyle biking. One of them wins a poetry contest, alienating one friend and impressing another. Her third book, Learning to Live Indoors (Porcupine’s Quill $14.95), is a collection of adult stories about 'everything from marriage to toothbrushes'. Mud Girl (Coteau, 2006) is the story of Abi Jones, a lonely teenager who lives with her father in an strange little house by the Fraser River. Living without cool clothes or a mother, Abi's odd dwelling earns her the name "Mud Girl." Things begin to look up during the summer before her last year of high school when a woman Abi calls Ernestine becomes her Big Sister and she meets Jude, a cute guy from the paint shop. Molly's Cue (Coteau, 2010) is about Molly Gumley, a high-school student pursuing her life dream to be an actor. Reality threatens to destroy the dream when Molly discovers her grandmother's theatre background was not what she thought.
Acheson received an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC, lives in Ladner and has taught at UBC. She was born in Tsawwassen.
BOOKS:
Thunder Ice (Coteau, 1996)
Half-Pipe Kid (Coteau, 1997)
Learning to Live Indoors (Porcupine’s Quill $14.95)
Mud Girl (Coteau, 2006)
Molly's Cue (Coteau, 2010) $12.95 978-1-55050-430-0
[BCBW 2010]
The Half-Pipe Kidd (Coteau $7.95)
Info
Ogilvie Kidd, a 15-year-old who loves freestyle cycling, discovers a new talent -- writing about the thrills of his favorite sport -- in Alison Acheson's The Half-Pipe Kidd (Coteau $7.95).
1-55050-120-8
[BCBW 1997]
Mud Girl (Coteau $9.95)
Info
Alison Acheson’s Mud Girl (Coteau $9.95) is the story of Abi Jones, a lonely teenager who lives with her father in a strange house by the Fraser River, bereft of cool clothes or a mother. The odd house earns her the name “Mud Girl.” Things look up during the summer before her last year of high school when Abi gains a Big Sister, lands a job cleaning houses and meets Jude, a cute guy who has a two-year-old son.
1-555050-354-5
[BCBW 2006]
