Michelle Barker
Michelle Barker is a Canadian author, poet, editor, and educator based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She writes for children, young adults, and adults across historical fiction, fantasy, picture books, poetry, and nonfiction. Barker holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia, is a senior editor with The Darling Axe, and has received recognition for works including The House of One Thousand Eyes and My Long List of Impossible Things.
Awards
['Amy Mathers Teen Book Award', 'Kirkus Best Book of 2018 (The House of One Thousand Eyes)', "TD Canadian Children's Literature Award (finalist for A Year of Borrowed Men)", 'Junior Library Guild selection (My Long List of Impossible Things)']
Notable Works
['The House of One Thousand Eyes', 'My Long List of Impossible Things', 'A Year of Borrowed Men', 'The Beggar King', 'Old Growth, Clear-Cut: Poems of Haida Gwaii (chapbook)']
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