Cheryl Kaye Tardif
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| Born: | August 12, 1963 Vancouver, British Columbia |
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| Occupation: | novelist, short story writer, entrepreneur |
| Genres: | Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thrillers |
| Website: | http://www.cherylktardif.com |
Cheryl Kaye Tardif (née Kaye) (born 12 August 1963) is a Canadian mystery writer best known for Canada-based novels Whale Song, Divine Intervention, and The River. Her novels involve societal issues such as assisted suicide, school bullies, child abuse and the search for youth and longevity.
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[edit] Biography
Tardif was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her parents are Larry Norman Kaye and Mary Elizabeth McLellan. Her father was in the military for most of her young life and then she married Marc Tardif, also in the Canadian Armed Forces. She has lived all across Canada and spent three years in Bermuda, and now resides in Edmonton, Alberta.
In 2003, she wrote a public service announcement for a racial harmony campaign.[1] One Voice ~ One World placed third and was produced and aired on cable channels across Alberta. Cheryl Kaye Tardif has appeared on TV, radio, and in newspapers [2]and magazines across Canada and in the US.
To date, all of her published novels take place in various Canadian locations. Tardif "specializes in mile-a-minute pot-boiler mysteries, usually set in Western Canadian locales", stated Graham Hicks, Edmonton Sun[3]. Her most recent novel, The River, was released in September 2005. The River is about a woman who goes up north to search for her father, but what she finds instead is a taste of the future. The River looks at how far we have gone with our technology in our search for youth and eternal life. It is a combination of suspense, sci-fi and adventure and is based loosely on legends and stories from the Nahanni River area of Canada’s Northwest Territories.
Tardif penned two earlier novels, Whale Song in 2003 and Divine Intervention in 2004. Whale Song explores topics such as amnesia and suicide and has strong societal messages involving racism, schoolyard bullying, tragedy, betrayal and forgiveness. Kunati Inc. Book Publishers has picked up Whale Song, a contract has been signed and a revised special edition with twenty percent more material is due out in 2007. In July 2006, the screenplay for Whale Song was written by Tardif and co-writer Alison Neuman, and the 2007 Kunati release is based partly on it and on the original novel.
Divine Intervention is a psychic suspense novel. It is the story of a group of psychic government agents hunting for a serial arsonist in BC. It carries a message about what can happen to abandoned children caught in the foster care web, and deals with topics such as abuse, abortion and murder.
Cheryl Kaye Tardif's younger brother Jason Kaye was murdered [4][5] in Edmonton in January 2006.
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[edit] Published works
- Whale Song (novel) (2003)
- The River (novel) (2005)
- Divine Intervention (novel) (2004)
- "Murder Walls for Cime Novelists" (article), published in InSinC Newsletter, September 2006
- "Atrophy" (short story), published in Silver Moon Magazine, March 2006 issue
- "Building a Character Wall" (article), published in the Writer's Guild of Alberta's WestWord Magazine, Vol 25 #6, Nov/Dec 2005.
- "Ouija" (short story), published in Silver Moon Magazine, October 2005 issue.
- "Book Signings are Pure Gold" (article), published in WestWord Magazine, Vol 27 #4, Jul/Aug 2005.
- One Voice, One World (2003) (PSA Script - produced and aired across Alberta)
- Face to Faith (1997) (musical play, produced)
- "Lost Innocence: A Dunblane Tragedy" (1996) (poem)
- "God Bless the Soldiers" (1993) (poem)
- "Health and Beauty" (1986) (published in The Masset Eagle)
- "Masset Meanderings" (1980-1981) (published in The Queen Charlotte Island Observer)
[edit] Other Notable Accomplishments
Cheryl Kaye Tardif is the founder of A.F.T.E.R. Canada (Authors For Tragic Event Relief), a group of Edmonton area authors who fundraised after the December 26th, 2004 Asian tsunami devastated so many countries and took so many lives. The event was organized with the assistance of the Canadian Red Cross, to whom all donations were given, and was supported by TV and radio stations in Edmonton. Tardif is also the creator/organizer of Authors' Row, a group of Edmonton area authors who promote their books regularly at the Edmonton Woman's Show [6] held twice a year in Edmonton, Alberta.
