SARA CASSIDY
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Select honours

Work for adult readers
  • "Wasp", Best Canadian Poetry 2019. (Biblioasis).
  • First Place, Poetry, Atlantic Writing Competition
  • Gold, National Magazine Award, Service Category
  • First Place, Victoria School of Writing Postcard Fiction Contest
  • Second Place, Short Story Challenge, NYC Midnight
  • Honourable Mention, Novel, Atlantic Writing Competition
  • Finalist, Far Horizons Award, The Malahat Review

Work for children and teens

B.C./Yukon Book Prize
  • Winner, Genius Jolene, 2021
  • Finalist, Nevers, 2020

Finalists
  • Governor General's Literary Award in Young People's Literature – Nevers, 2020
  • City of Victoria Children’s Book Prize – Union, 2023; Nevers, 2020; Skylark, 2014
  • TD Canadian Children's Literature Award – Kunoichi Bunny, 2023
  • Chocolate Lily Award – Genius Jolene, 2022; Nevers, 2021; Great Googlini, 2020; Black Gold, 2019; Blackberry Juice, 2018; Seeing Orange, 2013
  • Silver Birch Express Award – Genius Jolene, 2021; A Boy Named Queen, 2018
  • Rocky Mountain Book Award – Nevers, 2021; A Boy Named Queen, 2018
  • Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic – Nevers, 2020
  • Hackmatack Children's Choice Award – Nevers, 2020
  • Schwartz Children's Book Award – A Boy Named Queen, 2017
  • Manitoba Young Readers' Choice – A Boy Named Queen, 2017
  • Diamond Willow Award – A Boy Named Queen, 2017

Best-of-year lists
  • New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2022, Kunoichi Bunny
  • Bank Street College of Education, Best Books 2022, Kunoichi Bunny
  • Kirkus, Middle-Grade Books of 2018, The Great Googlini; Middle-Grade Books of 2016, A Boy Named Queen
  • The Globe and Mail 100 books that shaped 2019, Helen's Birds
  • Air & Space/Smithsonian Best Children's Books of 2019, The Moon is a Silver Pond
  • CBC Books, Best Books of 2016, A Boy Named Queen
  • Quill and Quire Books of the Year 2016, A Boy Named Queen
  • Cooperative Children's Book Center Best of 2016, A Boy Named Queen
  • VOYA Top Shelf for Middle School Readers 2013, Double Play
  • Bank Street College of Education, Best Books 2011, Slick

Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) Best Books 
  • STARRED: Kunoichi Bunny, Genius Jolene, A Boy Named Queen, Double Play, Seeing Orange
  • Commended: Not For Sale, Skylark, Windfall, Slick

Junior Library Guild selections
  • Helen's Birds
  • A Boy Named Queen
  • Double Play

Other
  • Canadian selection, Silent Books Collection (IBBY), Italy Helen's Birds
  • Commended, ALA Rainbow Book List – Genius Jolene
  • TD Summer Reading Club, A Boy Named Queen

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Published/produced
  • The Secret Office. Early novel. (Orca, 2024)
  • Union. Middle-grade novel in verse. (Orca, 2022)
  • Flock. Picture book. (Groundwood, 2022)
  • Kunoichi Bunny. Picture book. (Orca, 2022)
  • I Make Space. Board book. (Orca, 2022) 
  • Painted Fences. Picture book. (Heritage House, 2021)
  • ​The Sun is a Peach. Board book. (Orca,  May 2020)
  • Genius Jolene. Early novel. (Orca, April 2020) ​
  • Helen's Birds. Graphic novel.  (Groundwood Books, 2019)
  • Nevers. Middle-grade novel. (Orca Book Publishers, 2019)
  • Scallywag on the Salish Sea. Early novel. (Heritage House, 2019)
  • The Moon is a Silver Pond. Board book. (Orca, 2019)
  • The Great Googlini. Early novel. (Orca, 2018)
  • ​Prop. Short play. (Theatre Nutshell. 2018)
  • Black Gold. Early novel. (Orca Book Publishers 2017)
  • Leechtown. Short play. (Theatre Nutshell. 2017)
  • A Boy Named Queen. Early novel. (Groundwood Books, 2016)
  • Blackberry Juice. Early novel. (Orca, 2016)
  • Not For Sale. Early novel. (Orca, 2015)
  • Skylark. Young teen. (Orca, 2014)
  • Double Play. Young teen. (Lorimer, 2013)
  • Seeing Orange. Early novel. (Orca, 2012)
  • Windfall. Young teen. (Orca, 2011)
  • Slick. Young teen. (Orca, 2010)
  • Unless: The Play. With Carol Shields. (CanStage, 2005)
  • Sardines.  Postcard fiction. (Greenboathouse, 2001)
  • Ultrasound of My Heart. Poetry. (Reference West, 1999)

Coming
  • Star Sailors. Non-fiction for young readers. (Orca, 2025)
  • The World at Our Feet. Non-fiction for young readers. (Orca, 2026)
  • Blankie (working title). Picture book. (Orca, 2026)

​Review copies, interviews
  • Union, Nevers, Genius Jolene & all Orca books. (Olivia Gutjhar: [email protected])
  • Flock, Helen's Birds, ​A Boy Named Queen. (Fred Horlor: [email protected])
  • Painted Fences, Scallywag on the Salish Sea. ([email protected])
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