Liselle Sambury
Liselle Sambury is a Trinidadian Canadian writer of young adult fantasy literature, whose debut novel Blood Like Magic was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature at the 2021 Governor General's Awards.
A native of Toronto, Ontario, Sambury majored in Linguistics and also took creative writing courses at Queen's University. Blood Like Magic was published in 2021 by Simon & Schuster. She currently resides in Timmins, a city which she has incorporated as a setting in her novel Delicious Monsters.
She has also been a two-time nominee for the Amy Mathers Teen Book Award, receiving nominations in 2022 for Blood Like Magic, and in 2024 for Delicious Monsters.