Monique Polak

Monique Polak is the author of 34 books for young people. She is a three-time winner of the Quebec Writer's Federation Janet Savage-Blachford Prize for Children's and YA Fiction (formerly the QWF Prize for Children's and YA Fiction). Her work has been nominated for many other prizes including the CCBC Geoffrey Bilson Prize for Historical Fiction; an Arthur Ellis Award, and the Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award. In addition to writing many stories for the Montreal Gazette, Monique taught at Marianopolis College for 35 years. She continues to do writing workshops at schools across the country.