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First Name Elaine
Last Name Cougler
Member Since February 5, 2013
City Woodstock
State Ontario
Zipcode N4T 1W4
Country Canada
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Website www.elainecougler.com
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Bio Amazon #1 Bestselling Author Elaine Cougler likes to create characters who rise up and fight when faced with impossible situations. Her historical fiction and her biographical books praise the indomitable spirit of amazing human beings both in our time and through the annals of history. She is a former high school English teacher and lifelong performer, singer and teacher who survived all of that to take up writing in a serious way. Descended from Loyalist and Pennsylvania Dutch ancestors, Elaine is one of thirteen children—yes, thirteen—and was raised in a post-war Ontario farming community by parents who expected the best from their children and consistently helped them to achieve it. Her 2022 book, My Story, My Song, draws on that time period. Elaine’s award-winning historical novels are about the lives of settlers in the Thirteen Colonies who remained loyal to Britain during the American Revolution. She used the backdrop of the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Rebellion of 1837 for page-turning fictional tales where the main characters face torn loyalties, danger, and personal conflicts. Her Loyalist trilogy is comprised of The Loyalist’s Wife, The Loyalist’s Luck and The Loyalist Legacy. The prequel to this series is The Loyalist’s Daughter where 14-year-old Lucinda Harper and her father witness the dumping of tea chests into Boston’s harbour, an act which precipitates the American Revolutionary War. Elaine wrote a different kind of history in the creative non-fiction book about the last (at the time) surviving member of the Canadian Cancer Society “inner sanctum” team, Ronald G. Calhoun, who managed Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope in 1980. Calhoun also managed Steve Fonyo’s Journey for Lives in 1984-85, Ken McColm’s Incredible Journey in 1991-92, and John Davidson’s Jesse’s Journey in 1998-99. The Man Behind the Marathons: How Ron Calhoun Helped Terry Fox and Other Heroes Make Millions for Charity launched in 2019 and is a recipient of the Book Excellence Award. Another writing venture for Elaine was her anthology Canada: Brave New World where she celebrates the varied population that is Canada by featuring the stories of immigrants to this country. They escaped deplorable circumstances in their home countries, came to Canada and faced more difficulties, but ultimately have made this country what it is today. In 2023 Elaine discovered the partially completed manuscript for Maggie which her mother (Alice Garner) had been working on when she passed away over twenty-five years earlier. Elaine prepared the book for publication and launched it in December of 2023 under both her and her mother’s names. The story centers around Elaine’s grandmother, Maggie, her warm and loving family, her husband’s betrayal which led to divorce (almost unheard of at the time) and Elaine’s memories of her much loved grandmother. Today Elaine is working on her ninth writing project, speaks about her writing journey whenever she gets the chance, helps other writers achieve their goals and, with her husband, Ron, is living the life of her dreams. Links: @ElaineCougler https://www.elainecougler.com https://www.facebook.com/ElaineCouglerAuthor Elaine is also on LinkedIn, Pinterest and Instagram.
Publications The Loyalist's Wife The Loyalist's Luck The Loyalist Legacy The Man Behind the Marathons: How Ron Calhoun Helped Terry Fox and Other Heroes Make Millions for Charity The Loyalist's Daughter My Story, My Song Canada: Brave New World (anthology) Maggie
Other Memberships Women's Canadian Club, London: Past President London Writers Society: Member of Marketing Committee WCDR past member
Awards Elaine has received a Book Excellence Award and a Chill Award for The Man Behind the Marathons: How Ron Calhoun Helped Terry Fox and Other Heroes Make Millions for Charity The Inspire! Toronto International Book Fair selected The Loyalist’s Wife as a finalist in its Self-Publishing Awards. The Middlesex County Library selected the book as its choice for book club suggestions. The Writers Community of Durham Region presented Elaine with a Pay-It-Forward Award. The Loyalist’s Wife 2nd ed. received the Chill With a Book Readers’ Award and The Loyalist’s Wife/The Loyalist’s Luck was awarded a Discovering Diamonds Award.
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Genres Autobiography, Biography & Memoir, e-Book, Fiction, History, Nonfiction
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