Lyn Hancock is an award-winning Australian-Canadian photojournalist, wildlife photographer, and book author.[1]
She has raised numerous orphaned wild animals, including bears, cougars, eagles, puffins, raccoons, and seals; her experiences while doing so have formed the basis of her 20 books,[1] including There's a Seal in my Sleeping Bag,[1] There's a Raccoon in my Parka, Love Affair with a Cougar,[1] and Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon.[1]
She has also written travel literature describing her experiences in the Canadian North.
The Simon Fraser University has awarded her one of the 2009 Outstanding Alumni Awards for Arts & Culture.[2]
Books written
- There's a Seal in my Sleeping Bag (1972)
- Pacific Wilderness/Wild Islands (1974)
- The Mighty Mackenzie (1974)
- There's a Raccoon in my Parka (1977)
- Love Affair with a Cougar (1978)
- An Ape Came out of my Hatbox (1979)
- Vanderhoof the Town that Wouldn't Wait (1979)
- Gypsy in the Classroom (1980)
- Tell Me, Grandmother (1985)
- Northwest Territories: Canada's Last Frontier (1986)
- Alaska Highway: Road to Adventure (1988)
- Nunavut (1995)
- Looking for the Wild (1996)
- Winging It in the North (1996)
- Yukon (1996)
- Northwest Territories (1997)
- Western Canada Travel Smart (1998)
- Destination Vancouver: a Port City (1998)
- Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon (2006)
Awards
For There is a Racoon in my Parka:[3]
For There's a Seal in my Sleeping Bag:[3]
For Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon[3]
References
