The Lynching of Louie Sam (28 page)

—
Elizabeth Stewart

P
UBLISHER'S
A
CKNOWLEDGMENT

Annick Press wishes to acknowledge Stephen Osborne's powerful article “Stories of a Lynching,” about the true events surrounding the lynching of Louie Sam, which appeared in issue 60 of
Geist
magazine. The revelations in this article were the motivating force for pursuing the story in a form that would appeal to young adult readers.

About the Author

E
LIZABETH
S
TEWART
HAS BEEN
a screenwriter for twenty years. She has won several awards for her work on television series for young people, including
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes
and
Guinevere
Jones
. She has also written movies for television, among them
Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story
, an examination of teen violence based on a true incident, and
Luna: Spirit of the Whale
, which chronicled the transformational effect of a stray killer whale on a First Nations community on Vancouver Island. Both of these films were nominated for Gemini Awards.

Elizabeth lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she is currently at work on her second novel.

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© 2012 Elizabeth Stewart

Edited by Pam Robertson

Copyedited by Linda Pruessen

Cover design by Natalie Olsen, Kisscut Design

Cover background image © lama-photography /
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