Martine Leavitt is a Canadian American writer of young adult novels and a creative writing instructor.
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Born | 1953 |
Occupation | Writer, writing teacher |
Period | 1992–present (book publications) |
Genre | Young adult literature |
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Leavitt was born in 1953 in Canada. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree, first class honours, from the University of Calgary and a Master of Fine Arts from Vermont College.[1] She has seven children, twenty grandchildren, and lives with her husband in Alberta, Canada.
Martine Leavitt writes novels for young adults, most recently Calvin, which won the Governor General's Literary Award of Canada. My Book of Life by Angel was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year. Keturah and Lord Death was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her next book, Buffalo Flats, will be out in spring 2023.
She teaches creative writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts, a short-residency MFA program.
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