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  BIBLIOGRAPHY

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  http://www.answers.com

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  http://library.thinkquest.org/C005824/faq.html

  Author’s web site: http://www.judithsilverthorne.ca/

  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  My profound thanks to Tim Tokaryk, Senior Technician with the Royal Saskatchewan Museum Fossil Research Station in Eastend, for sharing his wealth of information and looking over my attempts at trying to look like I know what I’m talking about in the world of paleontology. Any errors are solely mine. Thanks also to Wes Long, Heather Gibson, and the staff at the T. rex Discovery Centre for their assistance and enthusiasm.

  I salute Corporal Jim Fraser with the rcmp for his valuable information and support in the areas of police work, and congratulate him on recently receiving his new rank of Corporal.

  A special thanks to Modeste McKenzie for suggesting character names and helping with descriptions and research, to Susan McKenzie for reading my manuscript in its early stages and offering plot ideas. Thanks also to my parents Stan and Elaine Iles for their instant assistance with farming and other rural details. The enthusiasm of you all is inspiring and your contributions appreciated. Thanks to everyone who assisted in any way with the details of this book, which has made the writing of this book so much easier.

  My heartfelt thanks goes to Barbara Sapergia for her valuable insights and perceptive editing that contributed to the final focus and polish of the manuscript and for her hard work and dedication in guiding me along. Thanks also to Nik, Duncan, Karen and Deborah, a fabulous publishing team that I treasure highly.

  About the Author

  Judith Silverthorne is a ­multiple-­award winning ­Regina-­based writer. She is the author of six novels for young readers with Coteau books, including: The Secret of Sentinel Rock, The Secret of the Stone House, Dinosaur Hideout, Dinosaur Breakout and Dinosaur ­Stakeout.

  Two of her novels for young readers have won the Sask-atchewan Book Award for Children’s Literature. Her titles have received the “Our Choice” designation from the Canadian Children’s Book Centre, while her first book, The Secret of Sentinel Rock, was also nominated for the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Writing for Young ­People.

  As a freelance writer, she has written several hundred articles and columns for newspapers and magazines. During the last few years she has also worked as an editor, researcher, curator, scriptwriter, and a television documentary producer. She also writing workshops and film classes, and does extensive author presentations and ­workshops.

  Judith Silverthorne has lived most of her life in Saskatchewan, in both urban and rural settings, and it is the source of much of her material. She has recently engaged in extensive travelling and teaching English to foreign students, but continues to write young readers’ and adult fiction, historical ­non-­fiction books and ­articles.