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Kit Pearson

Author

1171 Chapman Street
Victoria, B.C.
V8V 2T5
Email: auriol@telus.net Web: www.kitpearson.com

Biography

Kit grew up in Edmonton and Vancouver. She spent much of her early adult life accumulating degrees in English, Librarianship and Children's Literature while procastinating about writing. For ten years she worked as a children's librarian in St. Catharines, North York and Burnaby. She presently lives and writes full time in Vancouver.

Published Works

Whispers of War: The War of 1812 Journal of Susanna Merritt, Scholastic, 2002
This Land (Editor), Penguin Canada, 1998
Awake and Dreaming, Penguin Canada, 1996
The Lights Go On Again, Penguin Canada, 1993
Looking at the Moon, Penguin Canada, 1991
The Singing Basket (Illustrated by Ann Blades), Groundwood, 1990
The Sky is Falling, Penguin Canada, 1989
A Handful of Time, Penguin Canada, 1987
The Daring Game, Penguin Canada, 1984

Awards

Governor-General's Award, Ruth Schwartz Award, Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award and Red Cedar Award for AWAKE AND DREAMING; IODE Award and Geoffrey Bilson Award for THE LIGHTS GO ON AGAIN; Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award for LOOKING AT THE MOON; Mr. Christie's Book Award, CLA Book of the Year Award and Geoffrey Bilson Award for THE SKY IS FALLING; CLA Book of the Year Award for A HANDFUL OF TIME; Vicky Metcalf Award for Body of Work.

Other Memberships

The Writers Union of Canada; IBBY; PEN; Canadian Children's Book Centre; CWILL B.C.; Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable; Friends of the Osborne.

Available For

Talks to children grades 4 and up and to adults, time permitting.