As she traverses the city of Toronto, Gladdie McConnell, the heroine of Connie Gault’s Euphoria, sees an octagon-shaped building with a cupola on top. It is the cyclorama, that popular 19th-century entertainment in which a panoramic painting on a cylindrical screen revolves around the viewer, placing her in the middle of a historical…
Joan Givner
Joan Givner has written two major biographies, an autobiography, two novels and several collections of short stories. She is the author of the Ellen Fremedon series of children’s books. Her young adult novel, A Girl Called Tennyson, was published in 2010 by Thistledown Press.