Team Trouble at Dark Creek by Nikki Tate

Please note: Nikki prefers to have children sitting on the floor rather than on chairs or benches.

separate table and chair if book sales will be required.

large table on which to display notebooks, character cards, books, etc.

This discount may either be passed along to students or used as a fundraiser. Schools are generally offered a 40% discount on all titles purchased directly from the publisher. Schools interested in making books available for sale to students should let Nikki know this well in advance. Please check with the author prior to promising children an autograph session. Please note that on a tour it is not always possible to stay long enough to sign every bookmark! (children who bring books to sign will, of course, be accommodated). When time permits, Nikki is happy to stay after a presentation for autographs. Typically, the better prepared the students, the longer the question and answer period will last. The presentation runs from 60-90 minutes and concludes with a draw for door prizes. Each presentation also includes a brief reading (selections vary depending on group size and age). Though the presentation is interactive throughout, there is also a question and answer period at the end.

many anecdotes and stories about the writing life.

Nikki brings an over-sized scrapbook or a Powerpoint presentation that includes everything from copies of her earliest stories (written when she was eight years old) to examples of faxes sent from the illustrator to the publisher when cover designs are being considered. When she's not writing or performing, Tate enjoys pottering in her garden or horseback riding through the picturesque countryside of the Saanich Peninsula. Her high-energy storytelling performances of the Arthurian legends mesmerize audiences from ages twelve through adult.

She is much in demand as a workshop leader, public speaker, and professional storyteller. Her articles, reviews, and opinion pieces have appeared in publications in Canada, Japan and the USA.

Tate also works as a freelance writer, writing on subjects from tattoos to compost. She is currently working on new titles in each of her existing three series. Her newest books are: a short historical novel about the Pony Express and set in Nevada (Orca Books, Spring 2002) and the 7th book in the StableMates series, Keeping Secrets at Dark Creek. She is the author of the Tarragon Island novels (about a young writer living on a fictitious Gulf Island), the StableMates series of horse novels, and Cave of Departure, the first book in the Estorian Chronicles, a fantasy series about a tribe of nomadic storytellers. Nikki Tate is a writer and storyteller living on Vancouver Island in British Columbia with her daughter and several furred and feathered friends.

Team Trouble at Dark Creek by Nikki Tate