Sarah Ellis
British Columbia
SARAH ELLIS is the author of 20 books. She has received such honours as the Canadian Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature and the TD Canada Children’s Literature Award, and her books have been included on the American Library Association’s list of notable books. She is the recipient of the British Columbia Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence. For 30 years she worked as a librarian in public libraries, and she taught for seven years at The Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has a master’s degree in children’s literature from Simmons College in Boston.