Marianne Brandis
Marianne Brandis is a Dutch-born Canadian writer.
Brandis came to Canada with her family in 1947. Her family lived in British Columbia and Nova Scotia before settling in Ontario. She received a BA and MA from McMaster University. She worked as a copywriter for various private radio stations and for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Brandis also taught English at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute. She has been a full-time writer since 1989. She currently lives in Stratford, Ontario.
Selected works
Source:The Tinderbox The Quarter-Pie Window, received the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award and the IODE Violet Downey Book AwardThe Sign of the Scales, received the Geoffrey Bilson AwardFire Ship, received a Commendation from the Toronto Historical BoardRebellion: A Novel of Upper Canada, historical novel for young adults, received the Geoffrey Bilson Award and the Award of Merit from Heritage TorontoFrontiers and Sanctuaries: A Woman's Life in Holland and Canada, biography- ''The Grand River / Dundalk to Lake Erie''