ROY MACGREGOR, the media inductee into the Hockey Hall of Fame in
2012, has been described by the Washington Post as "the closest
thing there is to a poet laureate of Canadian hockey." He is the
author of the internationally successful Screech Owls hockey
mystery series for young readers, which has sold more than two
million copies and is published in French, Chinese, Swedish,
Finnish, and Czech. The most successful hockey series in
history--second only to Anne of Green Gables as a book series for
young readers--it was a live-action hit on YTV. MacGregor has twice
won the ACTRA Award for best television screenwriting.
KIM SMITH is the New York Times-bestselling illustrator of several
picture books, including Boxitects, Baker Makers, Builder Brothers:
Big Plans and the Ice Chips chapter-book series. She lives in
Calgary.
KERRY MACGREGOR is co-author of the latest work in the Screech Owls
series. She has worked in news and current affairs at the CBC, and
as a journalist with the Toronto Star, the Ottawa Citizen, and many
other publications. Her columns on parenting, written with a
unique, modern perspective on today's issues and interests, have
appeared in such publications as Parenting Times Magazine.
"Moments of insight and empathy don't jar or weigh down the story, but are deftly woven into the hometown hockey narrative. . . . It's not surprising how well-crafted the book is given the pedigree of its authors." -- Quill & Quire, on The Ice Chips and the Magical Rink -- Ottawa Citizen, on The Ice Chips and the Magical Rink
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