Martine Leavitt

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Martine Leavitt is an author of novels for young readers who lives in High River, Alberta, and teaches creative writing to graduate students at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her early novels include Tom Finder, winner of the Mr. Christie's Book Award, and Heck Superhero, a finalist for the Governor General's Award. Keturah and Lord Death (2006), a young adult fantasy built like a folktale, was a finalist for the National Book Award and received starred reviews from School Library Journal and Booklist. My Book of Life by Angel received five starred reviews, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, was a Horn Book Fanfare book and a Booklist best book of the year, and won the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year. Her novels have been published in Japan, Korea, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and the Netherlands. She is a mother of seven and a grandmother of fifteen.

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• Keturah and Lord Death (2006) · Keturah and Lord Death Core Canon

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• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 1 book
• Award recognitions across all universes: 2 (2 finalist mention)

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