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| Born | 1953 (age 70–71) |
| Occupation | Writer, writing teacher |
| Education | University of Calgary (BA) Vermont College of Fine Arts (MFA) |
| Period | 1992 – present |
| Genre | Young adult literature |
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Martine Leavitt (born 1953) is a Canadian American writer of young adult novels and a creative writing instructor.
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Leavitt was born in 1953 in Canada. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree, first class honours, from the University of Calgary and a Master of Fine Arts from Vermont College. [1] She has seven children, twenty-one grandchildren, and lives with her husband in Alberta, Canada.
Martine Leavitt writes novels for young adults, most recently Buffalo Flats. Calvin (2015) won the 2016 Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature. My Book of Life by Angel (2012) was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year. Keturah and Lord Death (2006) was a finalist for the National Book Award.
She teaches creative writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts, a short-residency MFA program, where she serves as the Katherine Paterson Endowed Chair.
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