A.C.E. BAUER has been telling stories ever since she could talk (some were real whoppers). After learning how to write, she began handing them out as gifts to her family. Ms. Bauer took a break from writing for a while when she was a lawyer helping poor people, writing legal briefs, and telling stories about her clients. She has returned to fiction and now writes for children of all ages. Born and raised in Montreal, she spends most of the year in Connecticut, but returns to Canada whenever she can.
Own voices . . . Diverse books . . . Representation . . .
My job as a writer of fiction is to tell stories, good stories; at least, that is what I believe. And good stories, when you are writing about people, means reflecting the truth of the world around them — whether it’s about the habits of the older lady in the apartment upstairs, or how a cook tiptoes around the politics
Another COVID-19 post
A little over a year ago, I graduated from one computer screen to two–something I should have done ages ago. It has made my work so much easier! The unforeseen bonus is that I now have double the screen space to see some of the photos I have accumulated over years: I created a slide show that rotates randomly through
It’s been a while
I have gotten out of the habit of blogging. Life has thrown me a few curves, and writing short takes about things that mattered to me went by the wayside. But with this new space (Thank you Nat!) the yen to write about anything that happens to meet my fancy, has returned. So I will start up, once again. Occasionally.