Facebook page launched

Join me on Facebook, where I've created a page to mark the publication of Children of the Klondike and the new edition of Women of the Klondike.

Children of the Klondike is now out!

My latest book, Children of the Klondike, tells the stories, both humorous and heartbreaking, of the Klondike gold rush’s youngest participants.

Advance praise from Ken McGoogan, bestselling author of Fatal Passage and Race to the Polar Sea, and recipient of the Pierre Berton Award for history:

    “Writers as diverse as Robert Service, Jack London, and Pierre Berton have written about the Klondike gold rush. But none of them ever said a memorable word about the children who grew up in this exploding world of dancehall girls, wild-eyed miners, and greedy con men. With Children of the Klondike, Frances Backhouse has created a vivid, readable account that fills a gaping hole in a colourful period of Canadian history. Bravo!”

Celebrating the 15th anniversary of Women of the Klondike

This attractive, redesigned edition of Women of the Klondike celebrates 15 years in print and the publication of the companion book, Children of the Klondike.

“Grizzlies in Paradise” (British Columbia Magazine, Spring 2008) received an Award of Merit in the Nature Feature category at the 2009 IRMA (International Regional Magazines Association) awards.

In the summer issue of British Columbia Magazine I take readers to sunny Sorrento in the Shuswap region and back in time to Paldi, a Vancouver Island community that was built on multiculturalism.

My latest Audubon Magazine story, “Ghost Chasers”, explores the mysterious and unpredictable forays of great gray owls into territory far south of their usual boreal haunts.