Tanya Lloyd Kyi
grew up in Creston, B.C. She began her writing career as a high school poet, producing pages and pages of work that her mother loved and her best friend religiously archived (possibly for a future blackmailing scheme). The original edition of Canadian Girls Who Rocked the World was Tanya's first book for young readers. She has since published nine other titles, including Canadian Boys Who Rocked The World, which was short-listed for the Silver Birch Award by the Ontario Library Association. Tanya now lives in Vancouver, B.C.

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Belle Wuthrich is an illustrator and designer specializing in books for young readers. Based in Vancouver, Belle has contributed to more than a dozen books for kids, a number of which have won awards or been republished internationally, including the Montaigne Medal Award–winning Eyes and Spies: How You’re Tracked and Why You Should Know and the Silver Birch Award nominee Eat Up: An Infographic Exploration of Food.

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AWARDS won & REVIEW QUOTES for other books by Tanya Lloyd Kyi:

Extreme Battlefields …”unusual of theme and gratifyingly broad of both historical and geographical scope —Kirkus Reviews, 02/17/16

“High interest and thorough, it will delight military-history buffs.” Booklist on-line, 05/01/16

Green Book Festival Award 2017 Rocky Mountain Book Award nomination

DNA Detective “This enticing and informative book doesn’t shy away from ethics and controversy …” —The Booklist Reader, 05/18/16 Best Bets List, Top Ten, Ontario Library Association Best Books for Kids & Teens 2016, Canadian Children’s Book Centre Science in Society Book Award finalist, Canadian Science Writers’ Association Information Book Award finalist, Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada Red Cedar Award finalist, B.C.

When the Worst Happens “ … a thrilling, well-sourced book, ideal for research or for browsing.” —School Library Journal, 08/14

“Kyi’s fresh voice will have readers picturing themselves in the shoes of these real-life survivors.” —Kirkus Reviews, 08/20/14

Silver Birch Award, Honour Book, Ontario Library Association 2016 Rocky Mountain Book Award finalist Golden Oak Award nomination, Ontario Library Association