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Beatrice Mosionier was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba in 1949, and was the youngest of four children. When she was three, she was separated from her parents and she and her siblings were placed in different foster homes. Following the suicides of her sisters, Vivian in 1964 and Kathy in 1980, Beatrice, who had no desire to be a writer, decided to write a book to understand why her sisters committed suicide, and why her family had lived with poverty, alcoholism and racism. She wrote about a young Metis woman trying to survive in two worlds, one she rejected and one that rejected her. In Search of April Raintree was published in 1983, under Beatrice Culleton, her married name at the time. The novel had such impact that subsequent editions were published for high schools and for universities. This book remains one of Canada's most popular works of Aboriginal literature. She now lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba with her husband.
Culleton was my married name at the time I wrote the first books. Later I wanted to use Mosionier, my maiden name, but Culleton had already gained recognition, especially with academics. Publishers were reluctant to drop it, thus the Beatrice Culleton Mosionier. Now I write only under Beatrice Mosionier.
CULLETON, BEATRICE [Beatrice Mosionier] (b. 1949), a Mwétis author, was born in St. Boniface, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, the youngest child of Louis and Mary Clara Mosionier. When she was three, she and her two sisters and one brother became wards of the Children
Beatrice Culleton is an author, and she has written books like April Raintree and a children's book called Spirit of the White Bison. She plans on writing a sequel to April Raintree. Her life started on August 27, 1949 in St. Boniface, Manitoba, which is where I live. Her parents were Louis and Mary Clara Mosionier and she was the youngest of their four children. Beatrice Culleton
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