About
Mary Beth Leatherdale is an award-winning author of books for children and youth. Her picture book biography Terry Fox and Me was a SCBWI Golden Kite finalist, a Junior Library Guild title, a Silver Birch Honour Book and a Globe and Mail Bestseller among other accolades. Stormy Seas: Stories of Boat Refugees received three starred reviews and more than twenty awards and honors, including being selected for the White Raven Collection and Booklist Editors’ Choice List.
Mary Beth also works as an editor on critically acclaimed and much loved books such as #NotYourPrincess, an anthology co-edited with Lisa Charleyboy, selected as YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Finalist and an Amelia Bloomer Top Ten Choice as well as other accolades.
Mary Beth has a degree in Visual Arts from the University of Western Ontario and a Master of Education from the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education (OISE). Mary Beth lives in Toronto with her family and her dog Champ.
Helen Tansey, Sundari Photography
Mary Beth is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI); IBBY Canada; the Writer’s Union of Canada; the Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP); and the Canadian Children’s Book Centre.