Melanie Florence
Melanie Florence is an award-winning Canadian author of Cree and Scottish heritage. Based in Toronto, she has been writing full-time since 2010, focusing on both fiction and non-fiction for children and young adult audiences. Her work frequently explores historical and contemporary issues affecting Indigenous people, often drawing inspiration from her own family history and her grandfather's experiences in Canada's residential school system.
Awards
['American Indian Youth Literature Award (2012)', "Second Story Press's Aboriginal Writing Contest (2015)", "TD Canadian Children's Literature Award (2016)", 'Forest of Reading Golden Oak Award (2017)', "Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award (2018)"]
Notable Works
['Missing Nimâmâ', 'Stolen Words', "Righting Canada's Wrongs: Residential Schools", 'Jordin Tootoo: The Highs and Lows in the Journey of the First Inuit to Play in the NHL', 'The Missing', 'One Night', 'Rez Runaway', 'He Who Dreams']
