Life History

Born and raised in small town northeastern Alberta. Spent some time as a writer, a farmer, a hippy, a weaver, a lamp installer, a tarot card reader, a writer, a visual artist, a writer, a gardener, a life-skills instructor to the mentally disabled, a photographer, a potter, a writer, a chef, an events coordinator, a wild crafter, a herbalist, a writer, a berry picker, a historian, a writer, an educational assistant, a student, a poet, a writer, a writer and what not. Has some experience as a wife, a mother and a grandmother.

Publishing History - Fiction

· C.B.C. Radio – Short fiction for Anthology program - "Message for Max", "Paraska’s Easter", "Tea With Metro", "Oscar’s Theme"

· St. Anthony Messenger Magazine "Reveillon" (French Pioneer Christmas Story)

· Western People (Insert to Western Producer) Regular contributor of agricultural, and human-interest based articles & photographs, as well as short fiction. "Message for Max" (Christmas Story featuring bush pilot Max Ward), "Paraska’s Easter" (A Ukrainian Pioneer Easter Story), "Tea With Metro" (A Ukrainian Pioneer story)

· Edmonton Sun "Just In Time" - 10,000 word prairie time travel novella, plus illustrations for the five-part series.

· Chickadee Magazine "One Size Fits Al" (short fiction in both the English and French version)

Publishing History - Non-Fiction

· Harrowsmith Magazine – regular contributor - Feature Articles on environmental issues, gardening, rural living, etc.

· Vernon this Week (Weekly newspaper – B. C.) Weekly organic gardening column geared to urban gardeners in the Okanogan Valley.

· Lakeland Review and St. Paul Journal (Weekly newspapers - Alberta) Weekly political cartoons, general reporting of arts, human interest stories, environmental issues and seasonal short fiction.

· The 1992 Bicentennial Project "The Great Pumpkin Cookbook" (84 page pumpkin trivia and cookbook), "Rendezvous West" (Historical publication including articles on wild food and medicine), "Frontier Times" (Historical publication concerning life during the 18th Century fur trading era in western Canada).

· Fort George/Buckingham House Interpretive Centre "Medicinal Herbs of the Prairies" - Herbal workshop and workbook for Native Women’s Spiritual Retreat.

· White Buffalo Books "Paraska’s Easter" & "Frontier Times" (special publication for use in a literacy program).

· Lakeland College "Festivals & Special Events" and "Cultural Tourism" (full credit courses for Tourism Certificate Program).

· Over the Edge Publications "They Came" (featuring 110 prairie women).

· North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance "The North Saskatchewan River Guide" (Historical, biological, geological and ecological introduction to the North Saskatchewan Watershed. This publication spent 12 weeks on the best-seller list for non-fiction in the Edmonton Journal and continues to sell well.) "The Background Study of the North Saskatchewan River" (Work in Progress - a 75,000 word publication exploring cultural, natural and recreational values along the North Saskatchewan River).

Billie Milholland

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