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Vicki Grant

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Vicki
Last Name
Grant
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Nova Scotia
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Vicki Grant has been called “a superb storyteller” (The Canadian Children’s Book Centre) and “one of the funniest writers working today” (The Vancouver Sun). She began her career as an advertising copywriter, moved on to writing scripts for Theodore Tugboat, Big Comfy Couch and her own Gemini-winning series Scoop & Doozie before graduating to YA fiction. Her novels have won The Red Maple, The Arthur Ellis Award and CBC’s Young Canada Reads as well as been shortlisted for The Edgar, CLA Children’s Book of the Year and numerous Forest of Reading awards across the country. Her novel, 36 Questions That Changed My Mind About You, has been translated into 17 languages. Her MG mystery, A Green Velvet Secret, will be released in Spring 2023.
Available For
School visits, virtual visits, festivals.
School Visits
Each year, I give school presentations and writing workshops to thousands of students between the ages of ten and eighteen. I’ve spoken to kids in Canada, The USA, Europe, Africa and South America. I also give writing workshops for teachers and other interested adults. To find out more, visit www.vickigrant.com or contact me directly at v.grant@ns.sympatico.ca

“With her wit, humour and excellent presentation skills, author Vicki Grant enthralled our upper elementary and middle school students when she visited the International Community School of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia! Watch Vicki’s books fly off your shelves after a visit!” Martha Langille, librarian, at ICS Addis Ababa where I had the pleasure of being writer-in-residence.
Awards
The Arthur Ellis Award. The Silver Birch Award.
Other Memberships
WFNS, TWUC

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