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  • Interview with Colleen Nelson, author of Mystery at the Biltmore #2: The Classified Catnapping, illustrated by Peggy Collins banner. Background image from cover of young girl and boy spying and climbing on gate of the Biltmore, an old building with a courtyard illustrated colourfully. Solid blue-green section to centre-left with text and Open Book logo overlaid. Image of author to centre, woman with long, brown hair over the shoulders of her back blouse, with bangs, and smiling outwardly.
    Interview with Colleen Nelson, author of Mystery at the Biltmore #2: The Classified Catnapping, illustrated by Peggy Collins banner. Background image from cover of young girl and boy spying and climbing on gate of the Biltmore, an old building with a courtyard illustrated colourfully. Solid blue-green section to centre-left with text and Open Book logo overlaid. Image of author to centre, woman with long, brown hair over the shoulders of her back blouse, with bangs, and smiling outwardly.
    May 21, 2025

    A Missing, Celebrity Feline is at the Centre of Another Case in Mystery at the Biltmore #2: The Classified Catnapping

    Our featured title today is the second book in the ongoing, acclaimed Mystery at the Biltmore series (Pajama Press), which has been enticingly billed as "Only Murders in the Building meets Harriet ...

  • interview with Colleen Nelson, author of Mystery at the Biltmore banner. Background image from book cover of illustrated cartoon exterior of the Biltmore with outer brick walls and elaborate front gate and a young girl in a plaid dress with a small white dog on a lead standing at front, and young boy in shorts and t-shirt climbing the wrought iron. Solid brown section to centre left with text and Open Book logo overlaid.
    interview with Colleen Nelson, author of Mystery at the Biltmore banner. Background image from book cover of illustrated cartoon exterior of the Biltmore with outer brick walls and elaborate front gate and a young girl in a plaid dress with a small white dog on a lead standing at front, and young boy in shorts and t-shirt climbing the wrought iron. Solid brown section to centre left with text and Open Book logo overlaid.
    November 14, 2024

    Young Detective Elodie LaRue Hunts for Missing Jewels in Mystery at the Biltmore

    With a sterling track record in both writing for young people, and illustrating beloved picturebooks, author Colleen Nelson and illustrator Peggy Collins know how to tell page-turning stories that ...

  • Black and green banner image with photo of author Colleen Nelson, who is holding a white dog. Text on the left reads "Interview with Colleen Nelson. The book definitely couldn't have been set anywhere else". Open Book logo bottom left
    Black and green banner image with photo of author Colleen Nelson, who is holding a white dog. Text on the left reads "Interview with Colleen Nelson. The book definitely couldn't have been set anywhere else". Open Book logo bottom left
    July 06, 2023

    Colleen Nelson on Setting Her New Kids' Novel in One of New York's Most Unique Historical Properties

    Umbrella House in New York City is a unique urban phenomenon. Abandoned in the late 70s, it was sealed up with cinderblocks and cement until several years later when a group of squatters moved in. Over ...

  • Colleen Nelson on Bringing Playfulness to Picture Books, Her Favourite Canadian Kids' Books, & More
    Colleen Nelson on Bringing Playfulness to Picture Books, Her Favourite Canadian Kids' Books, & More
    October 14, 2020

    Colleen Nelson on Bringing Playfulness to Picture Books, Her Favourite Canadian Kids' Books, & More

    Whether you're a parent or just remembering your own school days, everyone can relate to the jangling nerves that come with starting a new school or new stage as a student. In Colleen Nelson's loveable ...

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