K.V. Johansen

Originally from Kingston, Ont., K.V. Johansen studied English and History at Mount Allison, received a Master's in Medieval Studies from the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto, and another Master's in English, from McMaster. She has published over a dozen books, mostly fantasy and science fiction for young readers. Although her primary academic interests remain medieval and ancient history and languages, she held the 2001 Eileen Wallace Research Fellowship in Children's Literature from the Eileen Wallace Collection at UNB to work on a book on the history of children's fantasy literature. This led to her critically-acclaimed Quests and Kingdoms: A Grown-Up's Guide to Children's Fantasy Literature, which was shortlisted for the 2006 Harvey Darton Award in the UK. She also received the 2004 Frances E. Russell Award for research in children's literature from IBBY Canada for a separate research project. She has worked with the elementary or elementary/intermediate sessions of Writers in Electronic Residence (WIER) over a number of terms, and has in the past written a large number of articles for the Nova Scotia based farm magazines Rural Delivery and Atlantic Beef Quarterly, as well as other non-fiction. She was the editor of Stalin Versus Me, the final volume of the late Donald Jack's Bandy Papers series (Sybertooth 2005 -- www.sybertooth.com/bandy). Johansen currently lives in Sackville, NB. Her website is at www.pippin.ca.

Selected List of Publications

Warden of Greyrock, Book Three of Talverdine Series. Orca, 2009. ISBN 9781554690053.

Torrie and the Dragonslayers. Sybertooth Inc., 2009. ISBN: 9780981024400

The Storyteller and Other Tales. (collection of fantasy stories for adults and teens). Sybertooth Inc, 2008. ISBN: 9780973950588

Treason in Eswy: The Warlocks of Talverdin. Orca, 2008. ISBN 978-1551438887

Beyond Window-Dressing?: Canadian Children's Fantasy at the Millennium. Sybertooth, Inc., 2007. ISBN 9780968802458

The Drone War (a science fiction novel for children 9+), Sybertooth Inc. September, 2007. ISBN-13: 978-0973950526

Torrie and the Snake-Prince (a fantasy novel for children 9+). Annick Press, 2007. ISBN: 1554510708 (HC); ISBN: 1554510694 (pbk.) 2008 Silver Birch finalist; 2008/2009 Hackmatack finalist.

Nightwalker:The Warlocks of Talverdin, Book One. (A YA fantasy novel) Orca Book Publishers, 2007. ISBN 9781551434810.
Selected by Voya for their annual list of the year's Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. - VOYA April 2007; Winner of the 2008 Ann Connor Brimer Award; 2008 Snow Willow Awards finalist; Ontario Library Association's Best Bets for Children list.

Torrie and the Firebird. Annick, 2006. (fantasy novel for 8-13 year-olds) ISBN 1-55037-960-7 (pb); ISBN 1-55037-961-5, (hc). Selected by the Ontario Library Association as one of the top ten children's books of 2006.

The Cassandra Virus. Orca, 2006 (sf novel for 9-14). ISBN 1-55143-497-0. Listed in Canadian Family magazine's "Forty Great Summer Reads" for 2006. Shortlisted for the Canadian Association of Children’s Librarians 2007 Book of the Year for Children Award.

Quests and Kingdoms: A Grown-Up's Guide to Children's Fantasy Literature. Sybertooth, 2005. ISBN 0-9688024-4-3. Shortlisted for the 2006 Harvey Darton Award.

Torrie and the Pirate-Queen. Annick, 2005 (fantasy, 8-13). ISBN 1-55037-900-3. (pbk); 1-55037-901-1 (hc). Winner of the 206 Lilla Sterling Award; 2006 Silver Birch Award finalist; 2006 Diamond Willow Award finalist.

Pippin and Pudding. Kids Can, 2001 (picture book, ill. Bernice Lum).

Pippin and the Bones. Kids Can, 2000 (picture book -- won an NB. Lieutenant-Governor's Children's Literacy Award).

Pippin Takes a Bath. Kids Can, 1999 (picture book).

The Serpent Bride: Stories From Medieval Danish Ballads. Thistledown, 1998. (YA fantasy short story collection). ISBN 1-895449-82-0.

Torrie and the Dragon. Roussan, 1997 (fantasy, ages 7-13).

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