VICKI GRANT

 

Vicki Grant says she always knew she wanted to be a writer -- though it took a while to figure out just what type of writer she wanted to be. She began as a copywriter, and earned awards and accolades in Canada and the United States for her work. She next conquered children's television, writing for series such as Theodore Tugboat, Big Comfy Couch, Sesame Park and Skinnamarink TV. She then created, wrote and co-produced Scoop & Doozie, a pre-school comedy series for CBC - TV that won a Gemini Award, among others.

Her first novel for children, The Puppet Wrangler, drew on her experiences in children's TV and launched her book career. Her second children's book, Quid Pro Quo, a legal thriller -- "John Grisham for the skateboard set", continued her award-winning streak. She is currently at work on a new novel, The Changing Room, another comic novel for young readers.

Vicki lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia with her husband and three children.

More information can be found about Vicki, on her website www.vickigrant.com

In Progress:

The Changing Room

Forthcoming:

Res Judicata
Orca

Published:

ID'ed
Orca, 2007

PigBoy
Orca, 2007

Dead-End Job
Orca Soundings, 2006

• ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adults Readers

Quid Pro Quo
Orca, 2006

• Nominated, 2008 Garden State Teen Book Award
  New Jersey Library Association
• 2006 Arthur Ellis Award, Best Juvenile
• Nominee, Tayshas Reading List 2006
• Best Children's Books of the Year - Bank Street College of Education, NYC
• 2006 CLA Book of the Year Notable 2006
• Nominee, 2005 Ann Connor Brimer Award 2005
• 2006, New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
• Nominee, 2006 Edgar Allan Poe Award
• Honour Book, 2006 Silver Birch Award

The Puppet Wranger
Orca, 2005

• 2006, CBC Young Canada Reads
• Finalist, 2006 Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award
• Nominee, 2005 CLA Book of the Year for Children
• Nominee, 2005 Silver Birch award
• 2005 OLA "Best Bets"
• VOYA's Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers
• 2004 Resource Links' Year's Best