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Allan Peterkin

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First Name

Allan

Last Name

Peterkin

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Ontario

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Website

www.adpeterkin.com

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Bio

Allan Peterkin is the author of several books on unusual topics for adults like the history of beards and moustaches and why we shouldn't use cuss words yet we do.
He is also the author of several best-selling picture books for kids.
His latest book "The Flyaway Blanket" (Magination Press 2012) just won a Mom's Choice Gold Medal in the US.
The book before that called "CHILL" (KidsCan Press) was about why and how people decorate their refrigerators.(Don't laugh-have you ever encountered a fridge with nothing on it?)
He also is a founding editor of a literary magazine called ARS MEDICA (see www.ars-medica.ca) which publishes poetry, fiction and art work from both adults and children on issues related to illness and healing.

Available For

Interviews, readings, book reviews and writing workshops.

Publications

The Flyaway Blanket
Magination Press, 2012

CHILL: Discover The Cool and Creative Side Of Your Fridge
Kids Can Press, 2009

What About Me? When Brothers and Sisters Get Sick
Magination/American Psychological Association Press-1989 Korean/Spanish rights sold 2009, 2009

Awards

The Flyaway Blanket won a Mom's Choice Gold Medal in the US (2012)
2007 ARS MEDICA has received two Canada Council awards. (2007, 2009)

Other Memberships

SCBWI
The Canadian Children's Book Centre
The Writer's Union of Canada
the League of Canadian Poets

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