About the Author

Christine Rehder Horne was born in Toronto and has lived all across Canada, now making her home in Calgary. A Dalhousie University graduate, Horne is a passionate gardener and volunteer in her community. 'Tarstopping' is her first novel.

Reviews

Praise for Tarstopping

"This imagined clash between economic and environmental concerns admirably plays out tensions in the tar sands debate, exposing the best and the worst of humanity and showing what fighting for ideology can look like when the fighting stops being just a metaphor."
Andrew Guilbert, Alberta Views

"The story also serves as a warning, but not the suspected 'the earth is going to hell' moral one would expect. Instead, the author prompts readers to face the reality of how ordinary people can be driven to violence with just the perception of a threat."
Jessica McIntosh, Fort McMurray Today

"Tarstopping offers a complex argument for a complex issue."
Leo Brent Robillard, Backwater Review