CHOYCE, Lesley

CHOYCE, Lesley. Canadian (born United States), b. 1951. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Mystery/Crime/Suspense, Science fiction/Fantasy, Young adult fiction, Literary criticism and history, Autobiography/Memoirs, Essays, Humor/Satire. Career: Referrals Workshop, Denville, NJ, rehabilitation counselor, 1973-74; Bloomfield College, NJ, coordinator, 1974; Montclair State College, Upper Montclair, NJ, instructor, 1974-78; Alternate Energy Consultants, Halifax, NS, writer and consultant, 1979-80; Dalhousie University, Halifax, instructor in English, 1981-. Founder of Pottersfield Press. Creative writing instructor for City of Halifax continuing education program, 1978-83; instructor: St. Mary's University, 1978-82, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1981, and Mount St. Vincent University, 1982. Freelance broadcaster, 1972-; host of TV talk show "Choyce Words," 1985-. Publications: NON-FICTION: Edible Wild Plants of the Maritimes, 1977; An Avalanche of Ocean (autobiography), 1987; December Six/The Halifax Solution, 1988; Transcendental Anarchy (autobiography), 1993; Nova Scotia: Shaped by the Sea, 1996; The Coasts of Canada, 2002. EDITOR: Alternating Currents, 1977; (with P. Thompson) Atlantic Canada Community Energy Strategy Sourcebook, 1979; The Cape Breton Collection, 1984; Ark of Ice, 1992; (with R. Joe) The Mi'kmaq Anthology, 1997. POETRY: (ed.) Chezzetcook (and stories), 1977; Re-Inventing the Wheel, 1980; Fast Living, 1982; The End of Ice, 1985; The Top of the Heart, 1986; The Man Who Borrowed the Bay of Fundy, 1988; The Coastline of Forgetting, 1995; Beautiful Sadness, 1998; Caution to the Wind, 2000. FICTION: Eastern Sure, 1981; Downwind, 1984; Billy Botzweiler's Last Dance, 1984; Conventional Emotions, 1985; Coming Up for Air, 1988; The Second Season of Jonas MacPherson, 1989; Magnificent Obsessions, 1991; Ecstasy Conspiracy, 1992; Margin of Error, 1992; The Republic of Nothing, 1994; Dance the Rocks Ashore, 1997; World Enough, 1998; The Summer of Apartment X, 1999; Cold Clear Morning, 2001; Shoulder the Sky, 2002. SCIENCE FICTION: (ed. with J. Bell) Visions from the Edge (anthology), 1981; The Dream Auditor (stories), 1986; Trap Door to Heaven, 1996. YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Skateboard Shakedown, 1989; Hungry Lizards, 1990; Wavewatch, 1990; Some Kind of Hero, 1991; Wrong Time, Wrong Place, 1991; Clearcut Danger, 1993; Full Tilt, 1993; Good Idea Gone Bad, 1993; Dark End of Dream Street, 1994; Big Burn, 1995; Falling through the Cracks, 1996; Couleurs Troubles, 1997; Roid Rage, 1999; Far Enough Island, 2000; Refuge Cove, 2002. CHILDREN'S: Go for It Carrie, 1997; Carrie's Crowd, 1998; Carrie's Camping Adventure, 2001. Address: East Lawrencetown, NS, Canada.