Faith Richardson (Fay S Lapka)
BIO
Biography

Faith Richardson can’t remember a time when she was not fascinated by stories. A confirmed 
‘bookaholic,’ early favorites were the Enid Blyten ‘Adventure’ series, the Nesbit stories, and later 
the novels of Rosemary Sutcliff, Ursula Le Guin, Madeleine L’Engle and L. M. Montgomery. Today, 
her bedside reading has returned again and again to the rich stories woven by CS Lewis, Charles 
Williams, Tolkien, and George Macdonald. 


As a young author, she was privileged to be mentored by the poet Luci Shaw, writer Madeleine 
L'Engle (author of Newbery Award winner, A Wrinkle in Time) and to assist Madeleine L’Engle in 
writer's workshops in Vancouver, Canada, and Oxford, England. 


Along with books, animals have always filled her life: horses and ponies, a donkey, goats, dogs, cats, 
birds, fish, and guinea pigs. Along with Fable the Dalmatian and Parry the tabby cat, horses, goats 
and chickens today make their home where she and her husband live at Fox Song Farm and become 
happily entwined in Faith’s stories.


Faith's doctorate is in nursing practice (DNP) and she has practiced and taught nursing for much of 
her working life. Faith’s approach to nursing, teaching, and writing grows out of a tradition of heal￾ing arts that recognizes the nature connection and the power of story.
Faith has published most recently in the medical field (Elsevier) and previously had YA novels pub￾lished by Harold Shaw Publishers and Hodder & Stoughton (under her maiden name Fay S. Lapka). 


She also self-published YA novels under her own imprint Fox Song Books.

ADDRESS
City: Port Alberni, Province/Territory: British Columbia
EMAIL
GENRE
fiction: YA, Children nonfiction: health and wellness
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Dark is a Color
Publisher
Harold Shaw Publishers; Hodder & Stoughton Gold Books
Year
1990
Title
Hoverlight
Publisher
Harold Shaw Publishers; Hodder & Stoughton Gold Books
Year
1991
Title
The Sea, the Song, and the Trumpetfish, republished as Angel Walker
Publisher
Harold Shaw Publishers; Fox Song Books
Year
1991; 2004
Title
Tree Root and River Rat
Publisher
Fox Song Books
Year
2003
Title
The Peacock's Stone
Publisher
Fox Song Books
Year
2004
Title
Toby's Timberline
Publisher
Fox Song Books
Year
2011
Title
A Deeper Magic
Publisher
Fox Song Books
Year
2013
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Eric Hoffer Award (YA novel)
Publication
The Peacock's Stone
Year
2005
LINKS
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Presentation details
Audience Size
Audience size
5-25
Presentation Genre
Creativity, Communication and Wellbeing: Readings and Workshop
Presentation Length
60-90 minutes
Presentation Description
Presentation description

Poetry and narrative readings interspersed with creative activities

Presentation Fee(s)
varies
School presentation details
Audience Size
1-1, classroom group, multigrade assembly
Intended Audience
K-12
Presentation Length
various
Presentation Description
Presentation description

creativity, descriptive writing, communication, readings

Presentation Fee(s)
varies
Programs & Interests
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