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Brief Biography
Joan Payzant has written numerous books and articles about the history of Dartmouth, Halifax and Nova Scotia. These include non-fiction, and fiction for children. She was born in Dartmouth and grew up hearing stories of the Halifax Explosion, which are featured in her books Who's a Scaredy-cat! and December, 1917, Revisiting the Halifax Explosion. Joan is a graduate of Dalhousie.
Selected List of Publications
- December 1917: Revisiting the Halifax Explosion. (coauthored with Janet Kitz). Nimbus, 2006. ISBN 1551095661.
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- We Love to Ride the Ferry: 250 Years of Halifax-Dartmouth Ferry Crossings. Nimbus Publishing, 2002. ISBN 1-55109-421-5.
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- Second to None: a History of Public Education in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Dartmouth, Dartmouth Historical Association/Dartmouth District School Board, 1993. ISBN 0-9696646-1-3.
- Who's a Scaredy-cat! A Story of the Halifax Explosion. Dartmouth, Windmill Press, 1992. ISBN 1-55109-456-8.
- Winner of the 1993 Canadian Authors Association Marianna Dempster Award.
- "Payzant's vivid description of the explosion and its aftermath gives readers a real sense of what it was like to survive the explosion, particularly from the Dartmouth side." - from "Surviving Childhood." Review by Linda Hodgins. Atlantic Books Today, Fall 1922.
- Atlantic Canada: At the Dawn of a New Nation. (co-authored with Shannon Ryan, Greg Marquis, and E. Boyd Beck), Windsor Publications, 1990. ISBN 0-89781-328-6.
- Halifax: Cornerstone of Canada. California, Windsor Publications, 1985. ISBN 0-89781-149-6.
- Like a Weaver's Shuttle: a History of Halifax-Dartmouth Ferries. (with L.J. "Pete" Payzant). Halifax, Nimbus Publishing, 1979. ISBN 0-920852-00-9.
- Winner of the 1980-Evelyn Richardson Memorial Literary Trust Award.
- Crumbs: An Illustrated Story For Children. Hantsport, Lancelot Press, 1976. ISBN 0-88999-046-8.
