Martine leavitt biography samples

Quick facts for kids Martine Leavitt
Leavitt in
Born	(age 71–72)
Occupation	Writer, writing teacher
Education	University of Calgary (BA) Vermont College of Fine Arts (MFA)
Period	– present
Genre	Young adult literature

Martine Leavitt (born ) is a Canadian American writer of young adult novels and a creative writing instructor.

Biography

Leavitt was born in in Canada.

Martine leavitt biography samples The third novel in the series, The Taker's Key , is written as part of Leavitt's honor's thesis. They just get bigger and bigger and bigger, and they are luminescent. Writing in Resource Links , Ingrid Johnston called The Dollmage a "compelling fantasy" and went on to comment that Leavitt "creates a world of magic that is easy to believe in with characters that we come to care about. ML : Many people with schizophrenia suffer terribly.

She received a Bachelor of Arts degree, first class honours, from the University of Calgary and a Master of Fine Arts from Vermont College. She has seven children, twenty-one grandchildren, and lives with her husband in Alberta, Canada.

Martine Leavitt writes novels for young adults, most recently Buffalo Flats.

Calvin () won the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature. 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.

She teaches creative writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts, a short-residency MFA program, where she serves as the Katherine Paterson Endowed Chair.

Selected works

Novels

• The Dragon's Tapestry ()
• Prism Moon ()
• The Taker's Key ()
• The Dollmage ()
• Tom Finder ()
• Heck Superhero ()
• Keturah and Lord Death ()
• My Book of Life by Angel ()
• Blue Mountain ()
• Calvin ()
• Buffalo Flats

Awards

• Calvin received the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature.
• Calvin won the Whitney Awards General Youth Fiction category for
• My Book of Life by Angel won the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award in
• My Book of Life by Angel was a Junior Library Guild selection in
• My Book of Life by Angel a Booklist Best Book of the Year in
• My Book of Life by Angel was named a Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Best Book of the Year in
• My Book of Life by Angel was named a Quill & Quire book of the year in
• My Book of Life by Angel was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist in
• My Book of Life by Angel was listed as a Horn Book fanfare book in
• Keturah and Lord Death was awarded the White Pine Award in
• Heck Superhero's Italian translation Bella la mia vita da Supereroe (Salani Editore) was a Premio Paolo Ungari UNICEF finalist in
• Keturah and Lord Death was awarded a blue ribbon from The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.
• Keturah and Lord Death was a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age selection in
• Keturah and Lord Death was a finalist for the National Book Award in
• Keturah and Lord Death was selected a Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books in
• Keturah and Lord Death was a Booklist Editors' Choice (ALA) in
• Keturah and Lord Death was winner of ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Bronze Award in
• Keturah and Lord Death was a Junior Library Guild Premier Selection in
• Heck Superhero was selected as an ALA Best Books for Young Adults in
• Heck Superhero was a finalist for the Governor General's Awards.
• Heck Superhero was a Kirkus Reviews Editor's Choice in
• Tom Finder won a Benjamin Franklin Award in
• Tom Finder won the Mr.

  Christie Award in

• The Dollmage was selected as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults in
• The Taker's Key received the AML Award for young adult literature in
• The Dragon's Tapestry received the AML Award for young adult literature in