Books by Lisa Wojna

Pacific Northwest Trivia is a readable, entertaining potpourri of fascinating facts about a region of ecological diversity, captivating history, a progressive political culture with hints of separatism and colorful characters: - The world's largest strawberry shortcake, weighing 5700 pounds, is served to more than 15,000 people at the Lebanon Strawberry Festival in June - Adam West, of Batman fame, was born in Walla Walla, Washington, and played the lead character in that campy TV series from 1966 to 1968 - Despite being a semi-arid to arid climate, summer in Idaho is known for its wildflower blooms, covering literally thousands of acres - The site of the nation's only fatal nuclear reactor meltdown is just one of the more than 50 nuclear reactors built at the national testing site near Idaho Falls - Bertha Knight Landes (1868-1943), the nation's first female mayor, served as Seattle's mayor from 1926 to 1928 - The name for the city of Portland was settled by that most scientific of methods: a coin-toss.-- (6/29/2017 12:00:00 AM)

Murder. It's horrible to imagine someone you know or love could ever fall victim to such a heinous crime. Worse is an unsolved crime, when families never learn why their loved ones were taken, or by whom. They wait and hope that somewhere, someone will come forward with information on these and so many more of Canada's cold cases: * The last time anyone saw 14-year-old Dana Bradley alive, she was thumbing a ride along St. John's, Newfoundland's Topsail Road; her body was found four days later * Sharron Prior, 16, kissed her mom goodbye and set off to visit friends at a neighbourhood pizzeria in the Point St. Charles section of Montreal; her body was discovered four days later * When Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Roland Cook didn't come home after an overnight excursion from their Vancouver Island home to Washington State, their families' worries turned into a nightmare when Tanya's body, and then Jay's, were discovered * Theresa Allore, a student at Champlain College in Lennoxville, Quebec, decided to forgo a holiday weekend to work on a psychology paper; her partially clothed body was found the following spring. * And so many more tales of unsolved murders in Canada.

Some were taking a stroll through their neighbourhoods on a warm summer evening. Others were at home, tackling a few household chores. Still others were on their way to work, but the people in this book have one thing in common...they all vanished, without a trace: - Demolition crews discover a body buried beneath the cement floor of a Toronto business - Nicole Hoar, planning a surprise visit to her sister in Smithers, disappeared hitchhiking along BC's infamous Highway of Tears - Sex trade workers were disappearing from Vancouver's downtown Eastside for 20 years before law enforcement really began to look into the matter - After tucking her brother into bed and bidding her beau good night, Mabel Crumback put hair in curlers before bed and was never seen again - The families of Ontario's Lost Boys still wonder what became of them and the boat after the six borrowed a boat to cruise Lake Ontario in the dead of night - Jessie Foster's family uncovers hints of human trafficking when the young woman vanished after moving to Las Vegas from Kamloops to join her new boyfriend - No problem paddling the Amazon, but 25-year-old Alicia Ross disappeared from the backyard of her Toronto home in 2005 - Psychology student Natel King financed her education with a job in the adult entertainment industry but one day didn't return from a photo-shoot in 2004 - Following the Celebrate in '88 reunion, Lois Hanna made a cup of tea and slipped into her favourite PJs, but the next day her co-workers found her television on, her tea on the kitchen counter but no Lois - Despite national and international publicity no one has stepped forward to claim a young man dubbed Mr. Nobody after a brutal beating lands him in a Toronto hospital - Was she abducted? Or did she stage her own disappearance? The case of alderman Dar Heatherington during a business trip south of the border propelled the small city of Lethbridge into the media spotlightâand not in a good way. And moreâ¦