Martine Leavitt
Martine Leavitt has published ten novels for young adults, most recently Calvin, which won the Governor General’s Literary Award of Canada.
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Uma Krishnaswami
Uma Krishnaswami may have started her writing career at age 6 with green crayon on a wall but as a grownup she has been writing…
An Na
An Na was born in South Korea and grew up in San Diego, California.
Tom Birdseye
Tom Birdseye was decidedly uninterested in writing as a kid – or any academic aspect of school, for that matter – never imagining that he would…
Alan Cumyn
Alan Cumyn is the author of the beloved Owen Skye children’s novels—The Secret Life of Owen Skye, After Sylvia and Dear Sylvia—which combined have either…
Louise Hawes
Louise Hawes has published books for readers of all ages.
Jillian Tamaki
Jillian Tamaki is an illustrator and comics artist living in Toronto, Ontario.
Siobhán Parkinson
Siobhán Parkinson writes novels, mostly for children and young people. She says herself that she writes “to the imagination.”
Penny Kittle
Penny Kittle is one of the nation’s leading advocates for child and young adult literacy, and is a sought-after speaker on topics in literacy education…
Anita Silvey
Anita Silvey is the author of 100 Best Books for Children, 500 Great Books for Teens, and Everything I Need to Know I Learned from…