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Deborah Kerbel

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Deborah
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Kerbel
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Ontario
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Deborah Kerbel is the award-winning author of over thirty books for young readers, including Fred & Marjorie, winner of the Forest of Reading Yellow Cedar Award and the Red Cedar Award, Iggy Included, a Forest of Reading Silver Birch Fiction Honour Book, and Sun Dog, a Forest of Reading Blue Spruce Honour Book. Her novels books have been shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award, the Canadian Library Association's YA Book Award and the Rocky Mountain Book Award, among others. Deborah was born in London, England, raised in Toronto, and currently lives in Thornhill with her family.
Available For
School and library readings and presentations
Writing workshops
Skype visits
Literary festivals
Panel discussions
School Visits
From picture books to MG and YA novels, Deborah has material for students of every grade from K-10. She's an experienced presenter and energetic speaker who uses an interactive style to engage her audience. She loves visiting new schools, travelling, sharing her passion for books, and meeting readers and writers of all ages. Her enthusiasm is infectious and Deborah has often been called “the best author who has ever visited our school”. Based in Thornhill, she's available to visit schools throughout southern Ontario (and beyond) in person or via Skype. For more information, contact Deborah through her website: www.DeborahKerbel.com
Publications
What About an Elephant? A Fact-Filled Savanna Adventure
Owlkids
2025

No Huddles for Heloise
Orca Books
2025

Iggy Included
Scholastic Canada
2024

Opposite Identicals
Great Plains Press
2023

Next Door
Kids Can Press
2023

Ary's Trees
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
2023

The Late, Great Endlings; Stories of the Last Survivors
Orca Books
2022

When Spider Met Shrew
Groundwood Books
2022

Rainy Days
Pajama Press
2022

Whirl
Owlkids
2022

Grumble Yawn
Orca Books
2022

Swish Slosh
Orca Books
2021

Windy Days
Pajama Press
2021

Fred & Marjorie: a Doctor, a Dog, and the Discovery of Insulin
Owlkids
2021

Sunny Days
Pajama Press
2021

Like a Duck
Scholastic Canada
2021

This House is Home
Owlkids
2021

Snow Days
Pajama Press
2020

Slow Moe
Orca Books
2020

When Molly Drew Dogs
Owlkids
2019

Before You Were Born
Pajama Press
2019

My Deal with the Universe
Scholastic Canada
2018

Sun Dog
Pajama Press
2018

Feathered
Kids Can Press
2016

Bye-Bye, Evil Eye
Dancing Cat Books
2014

Under the Moon
Dancing Cat Books
2012

Lure
Dundurn Press
2010

Girl on the Other Side
Dundurn Press
2009

Mackenzie, Lost and Found
Dundurn Press
2008
Awards
2025 CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens STAR (Iggy Included)

2025 CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens (What About an Octopus?)

Forest of Reading Silver Birch Fiction Award Honour Book (Iggy Included)

2025 IODE Violet Downey Award Finalist (Iggy Included)

CBC Books Spring 2025 Recommendation (No Huddles for Heloise)

2025 Telling Tales Reading List (Community Snowman)

2025 Eric Carle Picture Book Museum 'Celebrating Neurodiversity' (No Huddles for Heloise)

2025 SYRCA Diamond Willow Award (Iggy Included)

2025 MASL Dogwood Outstanding Non-Fiction Recommendation (What About an Octopus?)

2025 TD Summer Reading Club (Next Door)

2025 MYRCA Northern Lights Finalist (Opposite Identicals)

2025 IBBY Canada 'Outstanding Books for Young People With Disabilities' Finalist (Next Door)

2024 CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens (Opposite Identicals & Next Door)

2024 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection (Opposite Identicals)

2023 Toronto Public Library First & Best Winner (Next Door)

2023 Forest of Reading Yellow Cedar Book Award Winner (Fred & Marjorie)

2023 Red Cedar Book Award Winner (Fred & Marjorie)

2023 CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens (When Spider Met Shrew, The Late, Great Endlings)

2023 IBBY Canada 'Silent Books Collection' Selection (Whirl)

2023 Green Earth Book Award Longlist (The Late, Great Endlings)

2023 Bank Street Books ‘Best of the Year’ starred selection (The Late, Great Endlings)

2023 Bank Street Books ‘Best of the Year’ starred selection (Rainy Days)

2023 Bank Street Books ‘Best of the Year’ (Windy Days)

2023 Bank Street Books ‘Best Board Book’ (Rainy Days, Windy Days)

2023 Rocky Mountain Book Award Finalist (Fred & Marjorie)

2023 Forest of Reading 'Light Reads, Great Stories' Selection (Fred & Marjorie)

2021 ALA 'Best Graphic Novel for Children' (Fred & Marjorie)

2022 International Literary Association ‘Best of the Year’ (When Spider Met Shrew)

2022 Bank Street Books 'Best Book of the Year' (Fred & Marjorie)

2022 NSTA & CBC 'Outstanding Science Trade Book' (Fred & Marjorie)

2022 OLA 'Best Bets' Honourable Mention (Fred & Marjorie)

2022 CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens (Whirl, Sunny Days, Rainy Days)

2022 CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens (Windy Days, Swish Slosh, Fred & Marjorie)

2022 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection (Fred & Marjorie)

2020 Diamond Willow Book Award Finalist (My Deal With the Universe)

2020 Rocky Mountain Book Award Finalist (My Deal With the Universe)

2020 Red Cedar Book Award Finalist (My Deal With the Universe)

2020 Shining Willow Award Finalist (Sun Dog)

2019 IODE Jean Throop Book Award Winner (Sun Dog)

2019 Forest of Reading Blue Spruce Honour Book (Sun Dog)

2017 Vine Award Finalist (Feathered)

2015 MYRCA Finalist (Bye-Bye, Evil Eye)

2012 Governor General's Literary Award Finalist (Under the Moon)

2012 MYRCA Finalist (Lure)

2010 CLA YA Book Award Finalist (Girl on the Other Side)
Other Memberships
The Writers' Union of Canada
The Canadian Children's Book Centre
    

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