Kit pearson biography

Kit Pearson


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in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

April 30,


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Young Adult, Children's Books, Historical Fiction


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Kit Pearson spent her childhood between Edmonton Alberta and Vancouver, British Columbia. As a high-school student, she returned to Vancouver to be educated at Crofton House School. She obtained a degree in English Literature at the University of Alberta, and spent several years following the degree doing odd jobs or travelling in Europe.
In , she began her Library degree at the University of British Columbia and took her first jobs in that field in Ontario. She later obtained an M.A. at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature in Boston. Returning to Vancouver, she completed her first novel "The Daring Game" which was published by Penguin Books.
Pearson now lives in Victoria, British Columbia, a few blocks from RKit Pearson spent her childhood between Edmonton Alberta and Vancouver, British Columbia. As a high-school student, she returned to Vancouver to be educated at Crofton House School. She obtained a degree in English Literature at the University of Alberta, and spent several years following the degree doing odd jobs or travelling in Europe.
In , she began her Library degree at the University of British Columbia and took her first jobs in that field in Ontario. She later obtained an M.A. at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature in Boston. Returning to Vancouver, she completed her first novel "The Daring Game" which was published by Penguin Books.
Pearson now lives in Victoria, British Columbia, a few blocks from Ross Bay Cemetery, one of the settings in Awake and Dreamingmore



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    • Kit Pearson

    Kit Pearson (born April 30, in Edmonton, Canada) is the author of the Dear Canada book, Whispers of War. She has also contributed to A Season for Miracles and Hoping for Home.

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    Kathleen "Kit" Margaret Pearson is a Canadian librarian and the author of novels The Sky Is Falling, A Handful of Time, and Awake and Dreaming, and the editor of This Land: A Cross-Country Anthology of Canadian Fiction for Young Readers. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, she spend most of her childhood between Edmonton and Vancouver, British Columbia. As a high school student, she returned to Vancouver and attended Crofton House School. After obtaining a degree in English literature at the University of Alberta, she began a Library degree at the University of British Columbia and obtained a Master of Arts degree at Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature in Boston.

    Pearson returned to Vancouver and completed her first novel, The Daring Game. Her novel, Awake and Dreaming won the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature. She has twice won the CLA Book of the Year for Children Award and the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction. Her other awards include the Mr. Christie's Book Award, the Vicky Metcalf Award, and the Ruth Schwartz Award.

    She currently resides in Victoria, British Columbia, with her partner Katherine Farris.

    Bibliography[]

    Dear Canada[]

    Selected works[]

    • The Daring Game ()
    • A Handful of Time ()
    • The Sky Is Falling ()
    • Looking at the Moon ()
    • The Lights Go on Again ()
    • Awake and Dreaming ()
    • This Land: A Cross-Country Anthology of Canadian Fiction for Young Readers (; editor)
    • A Perfect Gentle Knight ()
    • The Whole Truth ()
    • And Nothing But The Truth ()
    • A Day of Signs and Wonde
      Kit pearson biography

    Kit Pearson

    Canadian writer

    Kathleen Margaret "Kit" PearsonCM (born April 30, ) is a Canadian writer and winner of numerous literature awards. Pearson wrote the linked novels The Sky Is Falling (), Looking at the Moon (), and The Lights Go on Again (), published in as The Guests of War Trilogy, and Awake and Dreaming (), which won the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature. She was appointed to the Order of Canada in

    Pearson was born in Edmonton, Alberta and spent her childhood between that city and Vancouver, British Columbia. As a high-school student, she returned to Vancouver to be educated at Crofton House School. She obtained a degree in English Literature at the University of Alberta. In , she began her Library degree at the University of British Columbia and took her first jobs in that field in Ontario. She later obtained an M.A. at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature in Boston. Returning to Vancouver, she completed her first novel The Daring Game which was published by Penguin Books.

    Pearson moved to Victoria, British Columbia, in , where she lives with her partner Katherine Farris.

    Awards

    Bibliography

    • The Daring Game ()
    • A Handful of Time ()
    • The Sky is Falling ()
    • The Singing Basket ()
    • Looking at the Moon ()
    • The Lights Go on Again ()
    • Awake and Dreaming ()
    • This Land (; editor)
    • The Guests of War Trilogy () (Compilation volume of The Sky is Falling, Looking at the Moon, and The Lights Go on Again)
    • Whispers of War: The War of Diary of Susanna Merritt () (Dear Canada series)
    • A Perfect Gentle Knight ()
    • The Whole Truth ()
    • And Nothing But The Truth ()
    • A Day of Signs and Wonders ()
    • Be My Love ()
    • The Magic Boat (with Katherine Farris, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard) ()

    References

    • W. H. New, ed. Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press,

    External links

    Winners

    My Story So Far

    Like many writers, the themes of my life have been stories, reading, and books. I was born in Edmonton, Alberta on April 30, and lived there for the first eight years of my life with my parents, Kay and Sandy, and my two younger brothers, Ron and Ian. During those years I revelled in the snowy winters, blissful summers spent on a lake outside of Edmonton, peaceful Sunday afternoons at my beloved grandparents' house, many family dogs, and my imagination. I was lucky to be read to often and at age six I became an avid reader myself, which greatly enriched the pretending games I was always playing. However, I was a timid child, shy at school and birthday parties, and afraid of things under the bed; reading became my greatest comfort.

    When I was eight my family moved to Vancouver. We lived there for four happy years. I loved the lushness and the sea and the mountains and, for the first time in my life, I made two good friends. Now my imagination was even more stimulated, for we spent all our after school time playing knights or gods and goddesses or Robin Hood.

    When I was thirteen my family moved back to Edmonton. I was devastated. Once again, books saved me: I devoured them, literally! I was so involved in the story that I didn't notice that I was nibbling at the corners of the pages. One book I consumed was L.M. Montgomery's EMILY OF NEW MOON. When I finished reading it I decided that, like Emily, I would also become a writer. I began to keep a journal but, although I still imagined stories all the time, I never wrote them down. Perhaps one reason I didn't is that, in those days, we did scarcely any creative writing in school. And I had never met or heard a real writer; it seemed an odd thing to want to do and I kept my ambition a secret.

    For high school I was sent back to Vancouver to a boarding school for girls called Crofton House School. It was a welcome escape from the lonely adolescence I had experienced in Edmonton. I made many friends

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