Martha Brooks


Martha Ruth Brooks is a Canadian writer of plays, novels, and short fiction. Her young adult novel True Confessions of a Heartless Girl won the Governor General's Award for English language children's literature in 2002.
Winnipeg-based Brooks was born and raised on the grounds of the Manitoba Sanatorium in Ninette, Manitoba, where her father was a thoracic surgeon and her mother a nurse.
Brooks is also a jazz singer and her album Change of Heart won the Prairie Music Award for outstanding jazz album in 2002.
Her books have received numerous awards including the Governor General's Award, the Vicky Metcalf Award, Mr. Christie Book Award, the Ruth Schwartz Award, the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award, and the McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award.

Works

Paradise Cafe and other stories, 1988.Two Moons in August, 1991Travelling on into the Light and Other Stories, 1994I Met a Bully on the Hill, 1995Andrew's Tree, 1996Bone Dance, 1997Being with Henry, 1999 True Confessions of a Heartless Girl, 2002Mistik Lake, 2007Queen of Hearts, 2010