# Martine Leavitt

Martine Leavitt (born 1953) is a Canadian American writer of young adult novels and a creative writing instructor.

## Biography

Leavitt was born in 1953 in Canada. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree, first class honours, from the University of Calgary and a Master of Fine Arts from Vermont College. She has seven children, twenty-one grandchildren, and lives with her husband in Alberta, Canada.
Martine Leavitt writes novels for young adults, most recently Buffalo Flats. Calvin (2015) won the 2016 Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature. My Book of Life by Angel (2012) was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year. Keturah and Lord Death (2006) was a finalist for the National Book Award.
She teaches creative writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts, a short-residency MFA program, where she serves as the Katherine Paterson Endowed Chair.

## Selected works
### Novels

* The Dragon's Tapestry (1992)
* Prism Moon (1993)
* The Taker's Key (1998)
* The Dollmage (2001)
* Tom Finder (2003)
* Heck Superhero (2004)
* Keturah and Lord Death (2006)
* My Book of Life by Angel (2012)
* Blue Mountain (2014)
* Calvin (2015)
* Buffalo Flats

## Awards

* Calvin received the 2016 Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature.
* Calvin won the Whitney Awards General Youth Fiction category for 2015.
* My Book of Life by Angel won the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award in 2013.
* My Book of Life by Angel was a Junior Library Guild selection in 2013.
* My Book of Life by Angel a Booklist Best Book of the Year in 2013.
* My Book of Life by Angel was named a Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Best Book of the Year in 2013.
* My Book of Life by Angel was named a Quill & Quire book of the year in 2013.
* My Book of Life by Angel was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist in 2012.
* My Book of Life by Angel was listed as a Horn Book fanfare book in 2012.
* Keturah and Lord Death was awarded the White Pine Award in 2008.
* Heck Superhero's Italian translation Bella la mia vita da Supereroe (Salani Editore) was a Premio Paolo Ungari UNICEF finalist in 2008.
* Keturah and Lord Death was awarded a blue ribbon from The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.
* Keturah and Lord Death was a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age selection in 2007.
* Keturah and Lord Death was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2006.
* Keturah and Lord Death was selected a Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books in 2006.
* Keturah and Lord Death was a Booklist Editors' Choice (ALA) in 2006.
* Keturah and Lord Death was winner of ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Bronze Award in 2006.
* Keturah and Lord Death was a Junior Library Guild Premier Selection in 2006.
* Heck Superhero was selected as an ALA Best Books for Young Adults in 2005.
* Heck Superhero was a finalist for the 2004 Governor General's Awards.
* Heck Superhero was a Kirkus Reviews Editor's Choice in 2004.
* Tom Finder won a Benjamin Franklin Award in 2004.
* Tom Finder won the Mr. Christie Award in 2003.
* The Dollmage was selected as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults in 2003.
* The Taker's Key received the AML Award for young adult literature in 1998.
* The Dragon's Tapestry received the AML Award for young adult literature in 1993.