Catherine Astolfo

Catherine Astolfo retired in 2002 after a very successful 34 years in education. Catherine has always aspired to be a published writer (she can recall writing fantasy stories for her classmates in Grade Three), so she started finishing her books the day after her retirement became official.  Her short stories and poems had been published in a number of small Canadian presses in the past. 

In 2005, the first book in the Emily Taylor Mystery series, The Bridgeman, was published by Moe Publications, of Sisbro & Co. Inc. (a film production company of which Catherine is a co-owner). The feedback regarding the novel was tremendous. A year later, the readers of The Bridgeman were begging Catherine for book two. The result was the Trafford-published Emily Taylor Mystery Book Two entitled Victim. The third in the series, Legacy, will be published by Moe Publications/Sisbro & Co. Inc. in the fall of 2008.

Selected Bibliography
The Emily Taylor Mystery Series:
The Bridgeman. Kitchener ON: Moe Publications, Sisbro & Co. Inc., 2005
Victim. Victoria, BC: Trafford Publishing, 2007

To view Don Graves’s review of Victim in The Hamilton Spectator, go to http://www.thespec.com/article/333015 (last review on the page). Victim can also be viewed at http://www.trafford.com/06-3297

Awards:
Winner, Brampton Arts Acclaim Award, 2005 for The Bridgeman
Winner, Dufferin-Peel Catholic Elementary Principal of the Year, 2002, the Catholic Principals Council of Ontario
Winner, Elementary Dufferin-Peel OECTA Award for Outstanding Service, 1998

Website:
http://catherine.astolfo.googlepages.com or www.sisbro.net

Email:
castolfo@rogers.com