Anita Daher
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Anita Daher | |
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 Anita Daher in 2009 | |
| Born | Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada |
| Occupation | Author |
Anita Daher is a Canadian actor, producer, and writer, who has written more than 17 published books
Daher sat as Chair of the Writers' Union of Canada from 2019-2021, the first two-year term Chair in the Union's history.
Bibliography
[edit]- Flight from Big Tangle (2002)
- Flight from Bear Canyon (2004)
- Racing for Diamonds (2007)
- Spider's Song (2007)
- Two Foot Punch (2007)
- Poachers in the Pingos (2008)
- On the Trail of the Bushman (2009)
- The Wilderness Cure (2012)
- Wager the Wonder Horse (2013)
- The Hustle (2013)
- Itty Bitty Bits (2013)
- Wonder Horse (2015)
- Forgetting How to Breathe (2018)
- You Don't Have to Die in the End (2020[1])
- Peanut Butter and Chaos (2022)[2]
- Peanut Butter and Pandemonium (2023)
Awards
[edit]- Winner, John Hirsch Award for Most Promising New Writer, 2007[4]
- Finalist, Spider's Song, Arthur Ellis Award, 2008[5]
- Finalist, Racing for Diamonds, Arthur Ellis Award, 2008[5]
- Finalist, Racing for Diamonds, Hackmatack Award, 2009[6]
- Long List, Mime, CBC Literary Prize, 2017 [7]
- Finalist, Forgetting How to Breathe, IODE Violet Downey Book Award, 2019 [8]
- Finalist, You Don't Have to Die in the End, Forest of Reading White Pine Award, 2021 [9]
- Finalist, You Don't Have to Die in the End, Manitoba Book Award, Best YA Novel, 2021 [10]
- Finalist, Peanut Butter and Chaos, Manitoba Young Readers Choice Sundog Award, 2024
- Finalist, Peanut Butter and Chaos, Red Cedar Award, 2024
References
[edit]- ^ "You Don't Have to die in the End | CM: Canadian Review of Materials".
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Member Profile".
- ^ The John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer Archived 4 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Aqua Books Writer in Residence Program
- ^ Association of Canadian Publishers [permanent dead link]
- ^ "28 writers make the 2017 CBC Short Story Prize longlist | CBC Books".
- ^ "IODE Violet Downey Book Award 2019 - Short List - IODE Canada". Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Here are the 2021 White Pine Award finalists: 10 great Canadian books for readers in Grades 9-12 | CBC Books".
- ^ McNally Robinson Books for Young People (Older Category)
External links
[edit]- Manitoba Writers Guild Profile
- Winnipeg International Writers Festival Biography
- Anita Daher official website
- [2]
- Anita Daher at IMDb
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Categories:
- Canadian women children's writers
- Canadian writers of young adult literature
- Living people
- People from Summerside, Prince Edward Island
- Novelists from Prince Edward Island
- Writers from Winnipeg
- Canadian women writers of young adult literature
- 21st-century Canadian women writers
- 21st-century Canadian novelists
- Manitoba Book Awards winners
- Novelists from Manitoba