Martine Leavitt
Martine Leavitt is a Canadian American writer of young adult novels and a creative writing instructor.
Biography
Leavitt was born in 1953 in Canada. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree, first class honours, from the University of Calgary and a Master of Fine Arts from Vermont College. She currently lives with her husband in Alberta, Canada.Martine Leavitt writes novels for young adults; selected titles include: Buffalo Flats. Calvin won the 2016 Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature. My Book of Life by Angel was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year. Keturah and Lord Death was a finalist for the National Book Award.
She taught creative writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts, a short-residency MFA program, where she served as the Katherine Paterson Endowed Chair.
Selected works
Novels
The Dragon's Tapestry Prism Moon The Taker's Key The Dollmage Tom Finder Heck Superhero Keturah and Lord Death My Book of Life by Angel Blue Mountain Calvin- ''Buffalo Flats''