Welcome to Rachelle Delaney’s website!

…wherein you’ll find everything you want to know about this award-winning Canadian children’s author, her books, and her musings on writing, publishing, pirates, and more.

Rachelle is the author of the middle-grade novel The Ship of Lost Souls and its sequel, The Lost Souls of Island X. Check out the latest news and reviews, or download a free teacher’s guide.

NEWS! NEWS! NEWS!

  • December 2011: Grosset & Dunlap (an imprint of Penguin US) has bought the rights to The Ship of Lost Souls, The Guardians of Island X, and two more books in the Lost Souls Series!
  • May 2011: The Ship of Lost Souls is nominated for the 2012 Red Cedar Award
  • June 2010: Rachelle is honoured to accept the Canadian Author’s Association Bookland Press Emerging Writer Award
  • April 2010: The Ship of Lost Souls is a finalist for the 2010 Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize, a BC Book Prize.

The Ship of Lost Souls

A rollicking tale of pirates and treasure, friendship and fun, and a crew of swashbuckling children you won’t soon forget!

Awards! Reviews! Teacher’s Guide!

The Lost Souls of Island X

The young pirates return in an exciting new novel that promises more adventure, laughs, and some big surprises!

Learn more!