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Karen Bass (writer)
Karen Bass (born 1962 in High Prairie, Alberta)[1] is a Canadian writer of young adult fiction. Her 2017 novel Graffiti Knight won the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award[2] and Geoffrey Bilson Award.[3] Her 2015 novel Uncertain Soldier also won the Geoffrey Bilson Award.[4] BiographyBass was born in 1962 in High Prairie, Alberta and grew up on a farm.[1] After attending the University of Alberta, she received a degree in psychology from the University of Victoria.[5] In 2012, she was the writer-in-residence for the Peace region in Alberta.[6] Later, Bass managed a library in northwest Alberta for sixteen years before committing to writing full-time.[1] In 2017, Bass moved to Hamilton, Ontario with her husband. Although she focuses on writing full-time, she also volunteers at the Hamilton Public Library.[1] She is a member of the Canadian Society of Children's Authors Illustrators & Performers, Writers' Union of Canada,[5] and Writers Guild of Alberta.[1] Awards and honoursThree of Bass's novels are Junior Library Guild books: The Hill (2016),[7] Two Times a Traitor (2017),[8] and Blood Donor (2021).[9] In 2015, Bank Street College of Education included Graffiti Knight on their list of the best books for children ages fourteen and up.[10] In 2017, the novel was included on CBC Books' "100 young adult books that make you proud to be Canadian" list in the thirtieth position.[11]
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