After a career spent in academia, Elaine Marie Gallagher, RN, PhD, began work on her first novel Sisterships (self published, 2017) a tale about the Titanic and her forgotten sister the Olympic. Gallagher's close childhood relationship with her grandmother, Betsy Oakes, was the inspiration for the book, an historical novel that includes stories told to her by Betsy and intriguing facts gained from over 40 years of background research. Gallagher lives in Victoria.

BOOKS:

Sisterships (self published, 2017) $19.95 978-1-77302-542-1

[BCBW 2017]