Monique Gray Smith is a Canadian writer of children's and young adult literature.[1][2] She is also an international speaker and consultant. Of Cree, Lakota and Scottish descent, Smith is based in Victoria, British Columbia.[2][3]
Monique Gray Smith | |
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| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | Children's literature, young adult fiction |
| Notable works | Tilly, a Story of Hope and Resilience |
| Notable awards | Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature |
Career
editShe is most noted for her young adult novel Tilly, a Story of Hope and Resilience, which won the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature in 2014,[4] and her children's picture book My Heart Fills With Happiness, which won the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize in 2017. In 2018 she was named as a finalist for the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award for Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation,[5] and for the Burt Award for The Journey Forward, a compilation of two novellas co-written with Richard Van Camp.[6] In the same year she published Tilly and the Crazy Eights, a sequel to her first novel.[7]
In addition to her work as a writer, Smith has worked as a psychiatric nurse in Indigenous communities for over 25 years, having completed formal nurses training at Douglas College.[8] She also spent 5 years working as Instructor for Curriculum Design at the Justice Institute of BC and has been an Inspirational Speaker for Little Drum Consulting for more than 20 years.[9]
Awards
edit- Winner of Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature for Tilly: A Story of Hope and Resilience, 2014.[10]
- Winner of Bolen Books Children's Book Prize for Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation, 2018.[11]
- Finalist for BC Book Prize for My Heart Fills With Happiness, 2017.[10]
- Finalist for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award for You Hold Me Up.[10]
- Finalist for TD Canadian Children's Literature Award for Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation, 2018.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Monique Gray Smith's new book for young readers charts a path to reconciliation". The Next Chapter, August 17, 2018.
- ^ a b "Victoria writer Monique Gray Smith earns B.C. Book Prize". Victoria Times-Colonist, May 2, 2017.
- ^ "About Monique Gray Smith", 2019.
- ^ "Monique Gray Smith wins Burt Award for First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Literature". Quill & Quire, September 9, 2014.
- ^ "Victoria author Monique Gray Smith nominated for award". Victoria Times-Colonist, September 7, 2018.
- ^ "Cherie Dimaline's The Marrow Thieves among finalists for $10K CODE Burt Award for Indigenous YA literature". CBC Books, September 20, 2018.
- ^ "Tilly and the Crazy Eights". Quill & Quire, September 2018.
- ^ Alison Gerlach, PhD; Smith, Monique Gray. "'Walking side by side': Being an occupational therapy change agent in partnership with Indigenous clients and communities".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Smith, Monique Gray (2019). "Monique Gray Smith". LinkedIn.
- ^ a b c "Writing". moniquegraysmith.com. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ "Winners & Finalists | Victoria Book Prize Society". www.victoriabookprizes.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ "The Largest Award of Its Kind Celebrates the Best in Canadian Children's Literature". Canadian Children's Book Centre. 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2019-03-04.