Martine Leavitt
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Martine
Bates
Leavitt |
| Born: |
July 19, 1963
Taber, Alberta, Canada |
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Writer, Instructor |
| Nationality: |
Canadian-American |
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Biography
Martine Leavitt is a Canadian-American writer of young adult novels and a creative writing instructor.
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 High River, Alberta, Canada.
Martine Leavitt writes novels for young adults; selected titles include: Buffalo Flats and Calvin (2015) won the 2016 Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature. My Book of Life by Angel (2012) 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 (2006) 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.
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