Marianne Brandis (born October 5, 1938) is a Dutch-born Canadian writer.[1]
Brandis came to Canada with her family in 1947. Her family lived in British Columbia and Nova Scotia before settling in Ontario.[2] She received a BA and MA from McMaster University.[3] She worked as a copywriter for various private radio stations and for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Brandis also taught English at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Toronto Metropolitan University). She has been a full-time writer since 1989.[4] She currently lives in Stratford, Ontario.[3]
Selected works[1][4] edit
- The Tinderbox (1982)
- The Quarter-Pie Window (1985), received the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award and the IODE Violet Downey Book Award
- The Sign of the Scales (1990), received the Geoffrey Bilson Award
- Fire Ship (1992), received a Commendation from the Toronto Historical Board
- Rebellion: A Novel of Upper Canada, historical novel for young adults (1996), received the Geoffrey Bilson Award and the Award of Merit from Heritage Toronto
- Frontiers and Sanctuaries: A Woman's Life in Holland and Canada, biography (2006)
- The Grand River / Dundalk to Lake Erie (2015)
References edit
- ^ a b The Storymakers: Writing Children's Books : 83 Authors Talk about Their Work. Canadian Children's Book Centre. 2000. pp. 20–21. ISBN 1551381087.
- ^ "The Grand River revealed". The Record. May 2, 2015.
- ^ a b "Rebellion by Marianne Brandis". The Porcupine's Quill.
- ^ a b "Marianne Brandis". Writers' Union of Canada.
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