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Michelle Grierson is a teacher, writer, dancer, painter, habitual traveller, voracious reader, and enthusiastic mom, who has spent a lifetime chasing and channelling ancestral ghosts through her writing, art, and choreography. A firm believer in blood memory, she has been researching her Norwegian and Celtic ancestry for years, and that inspired her debut novel, Becoming Leidah. Most days Michelle can be found exploring the woods near her southwestern Ontario home with her son, Taras, and their dogs, Tulla and Bijou.
If you prefer your history with a dash of fantasy, dig in to Becoming Leidah, a novel that blends myth with the harsh reality of life in Norway in the distant past. This is the story of a man who married a woman rescued from the sea-and their super powered daughter. Even the most supernatural skeptics will find the Becoming Leidah's details about nineteenth-century Norway fascinating. - Oprah.com Set in old Norway, where shapeshifters and wise women live alongside fishermen and farmers, this Canadian debut is a magical new entree into the world of Norse mythology and Scandinavian history. - The Globe and Mail A complex novel with many layers of realities, voices, themes, and times that the author spins together to the final scene. The writing is rich with imagery. Historical Novel Society
