Rosalee van Stelten
Freelance writer Rosalee van Stelten was born in Thunder Bay and raised in Winnipeg. A Calgarian for many years, she now lives in Victoria. As a petty officer in the Royal Canadian Navy (Wrens) she travelled across Canada, worked in Buckingham Palace and sailed aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia. Since then she’s been variously employed as an apartment manager, a secretary, a court library clerk and the president of a cattle sales and management company. Her work has been widely published in newspapers, periodicals and anthologies, has won several awards and has been translated into Dutch, French and Braille. She was awarded The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002.
WREN: memories of navy days/from royal yacht to quonset hut, a work in prose and verse released by Van Stelten in May, is available through http://www.alpinebookpeddlers.ca It recalls her Cold War experiences and special duty in Buckingham Palace and on the Royal Yacht. A former petty officer in the Royal Canadian Navy, Rosalee is the only female Yottie in HMY Britannia’s history. Royalties are donated to the Military Family Resource Centre in Victoria, BC.
Awards/Award Nominations
Finalist, Canada’s Cowboy Festival, Calgary, national poetry contest
Gold watch award, Calgary Herald Christmas story contest
Alberta Senior’s Games, Culture Division, bronze medal for poetry.
Works
Pattern of Genes |
Pavlov’s Elephant |
