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Sara Cassidy's writing has won numerous awards,,including a National Magazine Award (Gold) for non-fiction, the Atlantic Writing Competition for poetry, and a BC Book Prize for children's writing. Her 23 children's books have been nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award, the TD Canadian Children's Book Award, and the City of Victoria Children’s Book Prize.
Sara works as a writer, journalist, teacher, editor, and communications professional in sxʷeŋ'xʷəŋ taŋ'exw (James Bay), on the edge of the Salish Sea, where the lək̓ʷəŋən People, today the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations, have fished and gathered since time immemorial. For freelance assignments, school visits, readings, teaching, editing, communications consulting and collaborations, send her an email. |
National Magazine Award (Gold) • BC/Yukon Book Prize Winner • Three Junior Library Guild Gold Standards • Finalist, Governor General's Literary Award • Finalist, TD Canadian Children's Book Award • Three-Time Finalist, City of Victoria Children's Book Prize • Six-Time Finalist, Chocolate Lily Book Award • Two Kirkus Books of the Year • Eight-Time Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) Best Book • A NYPL Best Book of the Year • An Air/Space Smithsonian Book of the Year • Honours and Publication list
"Poignant, passionate, and full of surprises." - Globe and Mail (Nevers)
"Unfolds with mystery and hilarity." - Booklist (Nevers)
★"A small, eloquent book with a powerful message." - Kirkus (A Boy Named Queen)
"An eloquent celebration of individuality." - Publishers Weekly
Deeply affecting sensitivity. Beautifully written. Full bodied in its every aspect." - The Vancouver Sun (Skylark)
"A lot of power in a small package...without a wasted word." - Center for Children’s Books (Skylark)
"Succinctly told, and packs an emotional punch." - Canadian Children's Book News (Union)
“This brief verse novel packs a punch." - Kirkus (Union)
★ “Sure to jump-start readers’ imaginations.” - Publishers Weekly (Moon is a Silver Pond)
"A complex story with no clear-cut answers. A home run." - Booklist (Double Play)
“Elegant and captivating.” - Canadian Review of Materials (Sun is a Peach)
"Cheerful and full of insight." - Booklist (Not For Sale)
"A wonderful little novel for beginning readers." - Resource Links (Seeing Orange)
"Unfolds with mystery and hilarity." - Booklist (Nevers)
★"A small, eloquent book with a powerful message." - Kirkus (A Boy Named Queen)
"An eloquent celebration of individuality." - Publishers Weekly
Deeply affecting sensitivity. Beautifully written. Full bodied in its every aspect." - The Vancouver Sun (Skylark)
"A lot of power in a small package...without a wasted word." - Center for Children’s Books (Skylark)
"Succinctly told, and packs an emotional punch." - Canadian Children's Book News (Union)
“This brief verse novel packs a punch." - Kirkus (Union)
★ “Sure to jump-start readers’ imaginations.” - Publishers Weekly (Moon is a Silver Pond)
"A complex story with no clear-cut answers. A home run." - Booklist (Double Play)
“Elegant and captivating.” - Canadian Review of Materials (Sun is a Peach)
"Cheerful and full of insight." - Booklist (Not For Sale)
"A wonderful little novel for beginning readers." - Resource Links (Seeing Orange)
