Colleen Clancy Hansen ~ Bio

Colleen Clancy Hansen

      Colleen Clancy Hansen holds a bachelor's degree in Secondary Education with an English major and a speech/drama minor, and a Master's Degree in the Art of Teaching. She retired after teaching secondary English for twenty-five years. She is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI).

      In addition to "Ghost Children of Elkhorn, Montana," Hansen published Destination: Butte, Montana, through Sweetgrass Books in August 2014. It is the story of the Johns and Davises from Wales and the Clancys from Ireland seeking a better life in the 1800s in Butte, Montana. The War of the Copper Kings, Tong Wars, Granite Mountain Mine Disaster and World War II letters from Danny Clancy to his sister, Dot, bring the mining city's early years to life.