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CANSCAIP Members
 Maxine Trottier
Author
236 Prospect St
Box 13
Port Stanley, Ontario
N5L 1A6
Phone: 519-782-4055
Email: maxine@maxinetrottier.com
Web: www.maxinetrottier.com
Born: May 3, 1950. Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
Family: Lives with husband William and with their two Yorkies, Ceilidh and little Moon
Biography
Maxine Trottier is a prolific writer of books for young people. Born in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan on May 3, 1950, she moved to Windsor, Ontario in Canada with her family ten years later. In 1974 she became a Canadian citizen. She is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario.
Maxine spent 31 years working as an educator in elementary classrooms, guiding children toward literacy. The students in her class, who of course thought of her only as their teacher, saw each step in the creation of a new work. They heard the unillustrated story, saw the roughs, and were the first to view the finished book.
Maxine lives with her husband William and their two Yorkies, Ceilidh and Moon. They divide their year between Port Stanley, Ontario on Lake Erie, and Newman's Cove, Newfoundland, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Both small fishing towns are wonderful places to write.
Published Works
YA NOVELS:
By the Standing Stone, Stoddart Kids, 2000
Under A Shooting Star, Stoddart Kids, 2001
A Circle of Silver, Stoddart Kids, 1999
PICTURE BOOKS:
There Have Always Been Foxes, Stoddart Kids, 2001
Laura, Scholastic, 2000
Little Dog Moon, Stoddart Kids, 2000
In the anthology Sherwood, the short story Marian, Philomel, 2000
Storm at Batoche, Stoddart Kids, 2000
Native Crafts, Kids Can Press, 2000
Dreamstones, Stoddart Kids, 1999
Claire's Gift, Scholastic Canada, 1999
Flags, Stoddart Kids, 1999
One Is Canada, HarperCollins, 1999
The Walking Stick, Stoddart Kids, 1998
Prairie Willow, Stoddart Kids, 1998
Heartsong, UCCB Press, 1997
A Safe Place, Albert Whitman, 1997
Pavlova's Gift, Stoddart Kids, 1996
Loon Rock, UCCB Press, 1996
The Voyage of Wood Duck, UCCB Press, 1995
The Tiny Kite of Eddie Wing, Stoddart Kids, 1995
Alison's House, Oxford University Press, 1993
The Big Heart, with Margaret McDowell, Annick Press, 1991
Awards
Native Crafts, Parents Choice Recommended Book 2000
Claire's Gift, Short listed for the 2000 Ruth Schwartz Award
Short listed for the 2000 CLA Book of the Year Award for Children
Short listed for the 2000 Amelia Francis Howard Gibbon Award
Winner of the Mr. Christie Award 2000
A Circle of Silver, Short listed for the 2000 CLA Book of the Year Award for Young People
Dreamstones, Short listed for the 2000 Ruth Schwartz Award
A CCBC Starred Our Choice Book
Short listed for the 2000 Amelia Francis Howard Gibbon Award
Prairie Willow, Starred Book for the 1998/99 Our Choice Awards by the Canadian Children's Book Centre.
Short listed for the Ruth Schwartz award 1999.
Notable Book, Social Studies, Children's Books Council Children's Choice
selection, Children's Book Council and International Reading Association.
Flags, The White Raven Award of the International Youth Library 2000
Recipient of The Storytelling World Honor Title, 2000.
Notable Book, Social Studies, Children's Books Council
Heartsong, The Maria Dempster Memorial Award, 1998.
A Safe Place, first place standing in the 1997, Chicago Women in Publishing competition in the women's issues category. It tied for first place in the juvenile trade category.
The Tiny Kite of Eddie Wing, The Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children, 1996;
The Federation of Women Teachers Associations of Ontario Writers Award, 1995.
The Voyage of Wood Duck, The Federation of Women Teachers Associations of Ontario Writers Award, 1996.
Other Memberships
TWUC, SCBWI, CAA, WFNS
Available For
Readings, workshops and conferences
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