Jacqueline Guest


Jacqueline Guest is a Métis writer and activist from Alberta, Canada. Guest is a literacy advocate and a writers of books for children and young adults. In 2017 she was inducted into the Order of Canada.

Awards and honours

In 2012, Guest received the Indspire Award for the Arts, which "recognize Indigenous professionals and youth who demonstrate outstanding career achievement."
In 2017, she was inducted into the Order of Canada "for her contributions as a children’s book author who promotes multiculturalism, youth literacy and Indigenous culture."
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2012Outcasts of River FallsMoonbeam Children's Book Award for Pre-Teen Fiction Gold
2012Free Throw & Triple ThreatAmerican Indian Youth Literature Award for Best Middle School BookWinner
2015Forest of Reading Red Maple AwardNominee
2016Manitoba Young Readers Choice AwardNominee

Publications

Belle of Batoche series

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Historical fiction

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Lorimer Sports Stories

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PathFinders series

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Sam Stellar Mystery series

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SideStreets books

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Other

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