Anita Daher

Anita Daher is an award winning Canadian writer of juvenile and teen books. She has worked in the book publishing industry for more than a decade, writing books, articles and reviews, leading workshops and presentations, and has worked as a marketing director and editor. In 2008, Daher was the inaugural Aqua Books writer-in-residence [http://www.aquabooks.ca/wir.php Aqua Books Writer in Residence Program] ] . She has lived in Summerside, Prince Edward Island; Yellowknife, Northwest Territories; Churchill, Manitoba; Baker Lake, Nunavut; Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario; and currently lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Bibliography

*"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)

Awards

*Winner, , 2007 [http://www.mbwriter.mb.ca/mwapa/award_hirsch.html The John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer] ]

*Finalist, Spider's Song, Arthur Ellis Award, 2008

*Finalist, Racing for Diamonds, Arthur Ellis Award, 2008

*Finalist, Racing for Diamonds, Hackmatack Award, 2009 [http://www.publishers.ca/acp_update_2008_04_11.htm#Hackmatack_Childrens_Choice_Book_Award Association of Canadian Publishers] ]

References

External Links

[http://www.mbwriter.mb.ca/mapindex/d_profiles/daher_a.html Manitoba Writers Guild Profile]

[http://www.thinairwinnipeg.ca/writers/anita-daher Winnipeg International Writers Festival Biography]

[http://www.anitadaher.com Anita Daher official website]