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Brief Biography
Wenda Young grew up in Ontario, but settled in Nova Scotia in 1976. She has taught kids in nursery school, elementary school and university. Now she writes fiction for young adults. To keep current with teen culture, she draws on the expertise of several consultants, aged thirteen to eighteen. She's fascinated by the choices young people must make as they face the challenges that forge personality into character. Wenda is married and has a daughter and a son, both adults. Her novel Angels in the Snow was published by Coteau Books in September 1998, and was a finalist for the 1999 Ann Connor Brimer Award.
Selected List of Publications
- Angels in the Snow. Coteau Books, 1998. ISBN 1-55050-131-3
- Finalist for the 1999 Ann Connor Brimer Award.
- "This is a good novel in which an uncertain young teenager, who longs for the safety of the past, grows more and more confident and accepting of her parents' individual lives." - from "Angels in the Snow," a book review by Joan Marshall, CM: Canadian Review of Materials, Vol. 5, No. 10 (January 15, 1999).
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- Wenda's poetry and short fiction has been published in The Antigonish Review, Germination, Pottersfield Portfolio, and the anthologies Contexts: anthology three and The Maritimes: Tradition, Challenge & Change.
