Kristin Butcher

Kristin Butcher is a Canadian writer of young adult and juvenile fiction. Born in Winnipeg, she moved to Victoria, BC at the age of 5. Her first novel, The Runaways, was published in 1997 and went on to become a regional Silver Birch Award winner. Since then she has published 29 other books, including two biographies for primary readers, a fantasy trilogy for middle grade readers, and ten titles in the Soundings and Currents series from Orca Books, including Zee’s Way which won the 2006 Chocolate Lily Award. Butcher won the award again in 2011 with Zach & Zoe Bully and the Beagle.