Galat, Joan Marie, 1963- (Personal Name)

Dot to dot in the sky, 2001: t.p. (Joan Hinz)

E-mail from author, March 11, 2003 (returned to use of her maiden name; prefers Galat, Joan Marie, 1963-)

Joan Galat, via WWW, March 11, 2003 (Dot to dot in the sky by Joan Galat formerly published as Joan Hinz)

OCLC, March 11, 2003 (hdg: Hinz, Joan, 1963-; Galat, Joan Marie, 1963-; usage: Joan Hinz; Joan Marie Galat; Joan Galat)

Goodreads website, viewed May 4, 2020 (Joan Marie Galat; born: Canada; Joan's very first writing job sprung from an honourable mention received for entering a poetry contest when she was 13. This led to a weekly question and answer bird column for a weekly newspaper. After graduating from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Biological Sciences, Ecology, Joan worked as a naturalist and eventually in radio, becoming an announcer, as well as a news and copy writer. Opportunities in radio led to work as an announcer, with Joan eventually turning to writing books and taking on freelance work. Now she is the author of more than 20 books for children and adults. Today Joan operates MoonDot Media--a communications business offering writing solutions in broadcast, print, and multi-media; author of Day Trips From Edmonton; Joan writes from Parkland County near Edmonton, Alberta) https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/896930

VIAF, viewed May 4, 2020 (Library and Archives Canada record: Canadian, born 1963-11-18; offers writing services through her company MoonDot Media; based in Parkland County, Alberta) http://viaf.org/viaf/31940234

Mortimer, rat race to space, 2022: CIP cover page (Joan Marie Galat)