Arthur Gregory Slade (born July 9, 1967 in

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) is a

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author. A resident of

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, he was raised on a ranch in the Cypress Hills and began writing in

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. He attended the

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in Saskatoon and received an English Honours degree in 1989. His first short story was published that same year. He then worked as a night auditor at a hotel for several months and as a copywriter for a radio station in Saskatoon for several years. Slade became a full-time writer after the publication of his first novel for middle years, ''Draugr'', followed by others such as ''Dust'' and ''Tribes''. His novel ''Dust'' received the Governor General's Award for Children's Literature in 2001, and ''The Hunchback Assignments'' won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award in 2010."Sask., Man. writers win for children's books"
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List of published works

The Northern Frights series

*''

Draugr The draugr or draug (; ; ; , ''drauv''; , ''dröger'') is a corporeal undead creature from the sagas and folktales of the Nordic countries, with varying ambiguous traits. In modern times, they are often portrayed as Norse mythology, Norse super ...

'' (1997) *'' The Haunting of Drang Island'' (1998) *'' The Loki Wolf'' (2000)

The Canadian Chills series

*'' Return of the Grudstone Ghosts'' (2002) *'' Ghost Hotel'' (2004) *'' Invasion of the IQ Snatchers'' (2007)

The Hunchback Assignments series

*'' The Hunchback Assignments'' (2009) *'' The Dark Deeps'' (2010) *'' Empire of Ruins'' (2011) *'' Island of Doom'' (July 2012)

Biographies

*'' John Diefenbaker: an Appointment with Destiny'' (2000)

Stand-alone books

*''

Dust Dust is made of particle size, fine particles of solid matter. On Earth, it generally consists of particles in the atmosphere that come from various sources such as soil lifted by wind (an aeolian processes, aeolian process), Types of volcan ...

'' (2001) *''Tribes'' (2002) *'' Monsterology'' (2005) *'' Megiddo's Shadow'' (2006) *'' Jolted'' (2008)

Comics

*'' Hallowed Knight'' (1997) issues #1–3.

References

External links

Arthur Slade's websiteHarperCollins Canada site
for ''Meggido's Shadow'' *

{{DEFAULTSORT:Slade, Arthur Canadian children's writers Canadian fantasy writers 21st-century Canadian biographers Canadian male biographers 1967 births Living people Writers from Moose Jaw Governor General's Award–winning children's writers 20th-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian male writers 21st-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian male writers Canadian male novelists Novelists from Saskatchewan