Martine Leavitt
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Martine Leavitt is an American-Canadian author of award-winning young adult novels and a writing teacher. She is one of the distinguished writers in the “beginnings of a Canadian tradition in high fantasy
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, Canada
. She received a Bachelors of Arts degree, first class honours, from University of Calgary
and a Master of Fine Arts from Vermont College. She has seven children and lives with her husband in Alberta, Canada.
Leavitt writes contemporary and fantasy novels, and short stories for young adults. Her books have been translated into German, Italian, Danish, Dutch, Japanese, and Korean. Her first three novels, the Marmawell Trilogy, are published under the name of Martine Bates. Keturah
and Lord Death was a finalist for the National Book Award.
Leavitt currently teaches in the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts.
High fantasy
High fantasy or epic fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy that is set in invented or parallel worlds. High fantasy was brought to fruition through the work of authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, whose major fantasy works were published in the 1950s...
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Biography
Martine Leavitt was born in 1953 in AlbertaAlberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. She received a Bachelors of Arts degree, first class honours, from University of Calgary
University of Calgary
The University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1966 the U of C is composed of 14 faculties and more than 85 research institutes and centres.More than 25,000 undergraduate and 5,500 graduate students are currently...
and a Master of Fine Arts from Vermont College. She has seven children and lives with her husband in Alberta, Canada.
Leavitt writes contemporary and fantasy novels, and short stories for young adults. Her books have been translated into German, Italian, Danish, Dutch, Japanese, and Korean. Her first three novels, the Marmawell Trilogy, are published under the name of Martine Bates. Keturah
Keturah
According to the Hebrew Bible, Keturah or Ketura was the woman whom Abraham, the patriarch of the Israelites, married after the death of his wife, Sarah. Keturah bore Abraham six sons, Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah....
and Lord Death was a finalist for the National Book Award.
Leavitt currently teaches in the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Awards
- Keturah and Lord Death was awarded the White Pine AwardWhite Pine AwardThe White Pine Award is an annual literature award sponsored by the Ontario Library Association that has awarded Canadian young adult books since 2002...
in 2008. - Keturah and Lord Death was a finalist for the National Book AwardNational Book AwardThe National Book Awards are a set of American literary awards. Started in 1950, the Awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the current year. In 1989 the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization which now oversees and manages the National Book...
in 2006. - Heck Superhero was a finalist for the 20042004 Governor General's AwardsThe nominees for the 2004 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 26. The children's literature winners were announced on November 15, and the other winners were announced on November 16...
Governor General’s Awards. - Tom Finder won the Mr. Christie Award in 2003.
- The Dollmage was an ALAAmerican Library AssociationThe American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
Best Book for Young Adults in 2003. - The Taker’s Key received the Association for Mormon LettersAML AwardsThe AML Awards are given annually by the Association for Mormon Letters to the best work "by, for, and about Mormons."The award categories vary from year to year depending on what the AML decides is worthy of honor.-1977:Criticism...
Award for young adult literature in 1998. - The Dragon’s Tapestry received the Association for Mormon LettersAML AwardsThe AML Awards are given annually by the Association for Mormon Letters to the best work "by, for, and about Mormons."The award categories vary from year to year depending on what the AML decides is worthy of honor.-1977:Criticism...
Award for young adult literature in 1993.
Novels
- Keturah and Lord Death (2006)
- Heck Superhero (2004)
- Tom Finder (2003)
- The Dollmage (2001)
- The Taker’s Key (1998)
- Prism Moon (1993)
- The Dragon’s Tapestry (1992)
Short stories
- "September 23, 2063" in The Horrors: Terrifying Tales (2005)
- “The King’s Heir" in LDSF-3 (1987)
Interviews
- Ellis, Ann Dee. "Vermont College Week." Throwing Up Words. Feb. 5, 2010.
- "An Interview with Two Published Writers." Inkless. March 2009.
- "Questions to Martine Leavitt about her novel Tom Finder." Connecting Education.
External links
- http://www.worldcat.org/identities/|Works by Martine Leavitt in libraries (WorldCatWorldCatWorldCat is a union catalog which itemizes the collections of 72,000 libraries in 170 countries and territories which participate in the Online Computer Library Center global cooperative...
catalog)] at http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr94-36789