Arthur Slade

Arthur Gregory Slade (born July 9, 1967 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada), is a Canadian author. He lives in Saskatoon in Saskatchewan, Canada. He was raised on a ranch in the Cypress Hills and began writing in high school. He attended the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon and received an English Honours degree in 1989. His first short story was published that same year. He then worked as a night auditor at a hotel for several months and as a copywriter for a radio station in Saskatoon for several years.

Slade became a full-time writer after the publication of his first novel for middle years, "Draugr", followed by others such as "Dust" and "Tribes". His novel "Dust" received the Governor General's Award for Children's Literature in 2001.

List of published works

The Northern Frights series

*"Draugr" (1997)
*"The Haunting of Drang Island" (1998)
*"The Loki Wolf" (2000)

The Canadian Chills series

*"Return of the Grudstone Ghosts" (2002)
*"Ghost Hotel" (2004)

Biographies

*"" (2000)

tand alone books

*"Dust" (2001) in Canada (2003) In USA.
*"Tribes" (2002)
*"Monsterology" (2005)
*"Megiddo's Shadow" (2006)

Comics

*"Hallowed Knight" (1997) issues #1-3.

External links

* [http://www.arthurslade.com/ Arthur Slade's website]
* [http://www.harpercollins.ca/global_scripts/product_catalog/author_xml.asp?authorid=CA186 HarperCollins Canada site]
* [http://www.harpercollins.ca/trailers/trailer0006395686.html Video trailer] for "Meggido's Shadow"