Gayleen Froese

Gayleen Froese (born 1972 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian mystery novelist, writer, and singer-songwriter. Her first novel, Touch, was published by Edmonton's NeWest Press in 2005. The sequel, Grayling Cross was published by NeWest Press in 2011.[1] Her upcoming detective novel, The Girl Whose Luck Ran Out, will be published in June 2022 by DSP Publications. [2]

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Froese was educated at Ryerson University in Toronto. Her first album, Obituary, won an Undiscovered Artist Award from CBC Radio.[1] Froese appeared on Canadian Learning Television's A Total Write Off in 2006, and was one of twelve writers selected as a finalist for BookTelevision's 3 Day Novel Contest in 2007.[1] (Filmed in 2007, the show did not air until late 2009; Froese ended up as the winning contestant.) She was also shortlisted in the overall 2007 International Three-Day Novel Contest.[1]

Touch is set in Victoria, British Columbia and features Anna Gareau and Collie Kostyna, two women who become involved in a murder mystery. Gareau is a psychometrist, whose ability to discover secrets by touching objects draws her into a realistic supernatural community. In "Grayling Cross", Anna and Collie have established themselves in Edmonton as PR experts who keep things quiet for the local magical community. The book is a locked-room murder involving teleportation.

Froese's non-fiction and humour writing has appeared in publications including See Magazine, The Rat Creek Press, and The Session.

Currently, Froese lives in the Avenue District of Edmonton, Alberta.[1]