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Heather Camlot

Author, Media, Translator, Editor

 

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Heather
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Camlot
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Ontario
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HEATHER CAMLOT is an award-winning author of a dozen books for young readers.

Her middle-grade nonfiction includes What If Soldiers Fought with Pillows? True Stories of Imagination and Determination, The Prisoner and the Writer, and One Goal: How Soccer Can Help Save the Planet. Heather is also an accomplished fiction writer. Her two middle-grade novels are Clutch and The Other Side.

Fall 2026 will see two new nonfiction books, Have a Bite! How Food Connects Us and Beyond Words: The Meaning and Impact of Signs and Symbols. Two more books are slated for 2027: Champions for Change: How Athletes are Making a Difference and Poster Child: The Story of Artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, her first picture book.

Heather’s books have been honoured as a Best Book pick from Kirkus Reviews, a Canadian Jewish Literary Awards winner (juvenile category), Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selections, an Outstanding Science Trade Book (NSTA/CBC) and Skipping Stones Honor Awards. They have also been shortlisted for provincial, national, and international awards, including Forest of Reading, CCBC Book Awards, and Prix littéraire FETKANN – Maryse Condé.

A journalist for more than 25 years, she has written, edited and translated for Quill & Quire, Owl and Canadian Children’s Book News, among others. She has a BA in Communication Studies from Concordia University and an MA in Journalism from New York University. Originally from Montreal, Heather lives in Toronto with her family.
Available For
School and library presentations as well as writing workshops.
School Visits
Absolutely!
PRESENTATIONS (60 minutes, grades 3+)
Heather engages students with a fun and interactive presentation. She shares the inspiration for her books and the challenges of writing works that delve into history. She also discusses the basic elements of writing fiction and/or nonfiction, how to give stories life through research and why bringing the past to the present is so important. Q&A session and reading are included.

WORKSHOPS (60 minutes, grades 3+)
Look no further: A simple moment can kickstart the writing process. Students choose a moment in their own lives or family history and turn into a work of fiction or nonfiction.
What’s news?: Bias in the media is difficult to spot. This session will delve into media literacy and how to determine if what you’re reading is fact…or fiction.
A single object: A single object can inspire an entire world. Students will begin with an “item of interest” and learn how to add different layers — setting, storyline, character, big reveal — to build a short story.
Customized topic: Available upon request.
Publications
Clutch (Red Deer Press, 2017)
What If Soldiers Fought with Pillows (Owlkids Books, 2020)
The Other Side (Red Deer Press, 2020)
I Can't Do What?: Strange Laws and Rules from Around the World (Red Deer Press, 2022)
Secret Schools: True Stories of the Determination to Learn (Owlkids Books, 2022)
The Prisoner and the Writer (Groundwood Books, 2022)
Becoming Bionic and Other Ways Science is Making Us Super (Owlkids Books, 2023)
Canadian Celebrations: Hanukkah (Beech Street Books, 2024)
One Goal: How Soccer Can Help Save the Planet (Groundwood Books, 2026)
Celebrations: Rosh Hashanah (Beech Street Books, 2026)
Beyond Words: The Meaning and Impact of Signs and Symbols (Orca Book Publishers, 2026)
Have a Bite! How Food Connects Us (Owlkids Books, 2026)
Awards
CLUTCH
- 2018 Skipping Stones Honor Award
- Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017 – Middle Grade Historical Fiction
- 2018 Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People Nominee
- Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens Spring 2018 (starred)
- 2018 Forest of Reading Silver Birch Nominee
- 2019 MYRCA Sundogs Nominee

THE OTHER SIDE
- 2021 Forest of Reading Red Maple Nominee
- 2021 Skipping Stones Honor Award
- Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens 2020

WHAT IF SOLDIERS FOUGHT WITH PILLOWS?
- 2021 Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Awards Diamond Willow Nominee
- 2022 Skipping Stones Honor Award
- 2022 selection – German Academy for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, books that may help encourage discussion around war and peace
- Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens 2020

SECRET SCHOOLS
- Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
- 2023/24 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Awards Nominee
- 2023/24 Red Cedar Book Award Nominee
- Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens Spring 2023

I CAN'T DO WHAT? STRANGE LAWS AND RULES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
- TD Summer Reading Club 2023
- Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens Spring 2023
- 2023/24 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Awards Nominee

THE PRISONER AND THE WRITER
- 2023 Canadian Jewish Literary Award
- Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
- France’s prix littéraire FETKANN – Maryse Condé 2023 Shortlist
- 2023 Notable Books for a Global Society
- A Globe and Mail Top 10 Kids’ Book of 2022
- 2023 Skipping Stones Honor Award

BECOMING BIONIC
- Science Writers & Communicators of Canada Book Award 2023 Shortlist
- 2024 Outstanding Science Trade Book, National Science Teaching Association/ Children’s Book Council
- 2024 Forest of Reading Yellow Cedar Finalist
- 2024 TD Summer Reading Club
- 2024/25 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Awards Nominee
Other Memberships
SCBWI
Access Copyright
The Canadian Children's Book Centre
IBBY Canada
The Writers' Union of Canada
    

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