Rachna Gilmore is an award-winning children's writer. Her picture book A Screaming Kind of Day won the 1999 Governor General's Award

1999 Governor General's Awards

The winners of the 1999 Canadian Governor General's Literary Awards were announced by Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman, and Shirley L. Thomson, Director of the Canada Council for the Arts, at a press conference held on November 16 at the National Library of Canada...

 for Children's Literature.

Background

Born in India, Gilmore emigrated from New Delhi

New Delhi

New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...

 to London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

 as a teenager and studied biology at University of London

University of London

-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...

. After emigrating to Canada in the mid 1970s, she studied education of the University of Prince Edward Island

University of Prince Edward Island

The University of Prince Edward Island is a public liberal arts university in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and the sole university in the province. Founded in 1969, it traces its roots back to its two earlier predecessor organizations, St. Dunstan's University and Prince of Wales...

. In 1990 Gilmore and her family moved to Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

.

Works

Picture Books:

• My Mother is Weird (1988)
• When I Was A Little Girl (1989)
• Jane's Loud Mouth (1990)
• Aunt Fred is a Witch (1991)
• Lights for Gita (1994)
• Roses for Gita (1996)
• Wild Rilla (1997)
• A Gift for Gita (1998)
• A Screaming Kind of Day (1999)
• Grandpa’s Clock (2006)
• Making Grizzle Grow (2007)
• Catching Time (2010)
• The Flute (2011)

Children’s Novels:

• A Friend Like Zilla (1995)
• Mina’s Spring of Colors (2000)
• A Group of One (2001)
• The Sower of Tales (2005)
• The Trouble With Dilly (2009)
• That Boy Red (2011)

Early Readers:

• Ellen’s Terible TV Trouble (1999)
• Fangs and Me (1999)

Non-Fiction:

• Snapshots From The Fringes (2010)

Adult Fiction:

• Of Customs and Excise (1991 under pseudonym Rachna Mara)

External links

• Author profile
• Jenkins, David Profile
• Author interview at BookReviewsAndMore.ca