Anita Daher

Anita Daher
Anita Daher in 2009
Born	Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Occupation	Author

Anita Daher is a Canadian actor, producer, and writer, who has written more than 17 published books

Daher sat as Chair of the Writers' Union of Canada from 2019-2021, the first two-year term Chair in the Union's history. ^[1]

Bibliography

• Flight from Big Tangle (2002) ^[2]
• Flight from Bear Canyon (2004) ^[2]
• Racing for Diamonds (2007) ^[2]
• Spider's Song (2007) ^[3]
• Two Foot Punch (2007) ^[2]
• Poachers in the Pingos (2008) ^[2]
• On the Trail of the Bushman (2009) ^[2]
• Wager the Wonder Horse (2013) ^[4]
• Itty Bitty Bits (2013) ^[5]
• Wonder Horse (2015) ^[6]
• Forgetting How to Breathe (2018) ^[7]
• You Don't Have to Die in the End (2020 ^[8] )
• Peanut Butter and Chaos (2022) ^[9]
• Peanut Butter and Pandemonium (2023)

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Awards

• Winner, John Hirsch Award for Most Promising New Writer, 2007 ^[11]
• Finalist, Spider's Song, Arthur Ellis Award, 2008 ^[12]
• Finalist, Racing for Diamonds, Arthur Ellis Award, 2008 ^[12]
• Finalist, Racing for Diamonds, Hackmatack Award, 2009 ^[13]
• Long List, Mime, CBC Literary Prize, 2017 ^[14]
• Finalist, Forgetting How to Breathe, IODE Violet Downey Book Award, 2019 ^[15]
• Finalist, You Don't Have to Die in the End, Forest of Reading White Pine Award, 2021 ^[16]
• Finalist, You Don't Have to Die in the End, Manitoba Book Award, Best YA Novel, 2021 ^[17]
• Finalist, Peanut Butter and Chaos, Manitoba Young Readers Choice Sundog Award, 2024 ^[18]
• Finalist, Peanut Butter and Chaos, Red Cedar Award, 2024 ^[19]

References

1. "Anita Daher | the Writers' Union of Canada".
2. "Contributor Info".
3. "Spider's Song". 25 July 2007.
4. https://bookbot.com/p/q/Anita%20Daher
5. "Peanut Butter Press :: WELCOME!".
6. "CanLit for LittleCanadians: Wonder Horse". 10 September 2015.
7. "Forgetting How to Breathe - Great Plains Press". 8 February 2023.
8. "You Don't Have to die in the End | CM: Canadian Review of Materials".
10. "Member Profile".
11. The John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer Archived 4 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine
12. Aqua Books Writer in Residence Program
13. Association of Canadian Publishers ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
14. "28 writers make the 2017 CBC Short Story Prize longlist | CBC Books".
15. "IODE Violet Downey Book Award 2019 - Short List - IODE Canada". Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
16. "Here are the 2021 White Pine Award finalists: 10 great Canadian books for readers in Grades 9-12 | CBC Books".
17. McNally Robinson Books for Young People (Older Category)
18. "2024 MYRCA Sundogs – Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Awards".
19. https://www.redcedaraward.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/202324-Red-Cedar-Book-Award-Nominees.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}

External links

• Manitoba Writers Guild Profile
• Winnipeg International Writers Festival Biography
• Anita Daher official website
• Anita Daher at IMDb

• Children and Young Adult Literature portal