Carol Matas is a Canadian writer.
Carol Matas has had more than forty-five books for young people published over several decades, including
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imagination, imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, Paral ...
, fantasy, historical and contemporary. Her novels often reflect a Jewish perspective, and her best-known are set during the
Holocaust
The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; ...
. Her books have been highly honored. She has been shortlisted for the
Governor General's Awards
The Governor General's Awards are a collection of annual awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, recognizing distinction in numerous academic, artistic, and social fields.
The first award was conceived and inaugurated in 1937 by the ...
twice.
Bibliography
* ''After the War''
* ''Cloning Miranda'' (1999)
* ''The Second Clone'' (2001)
* ''The Dark Clone'' (2005)
* ''Of Two Minds'' (with Perry Nodelman)
* ''More Minds'' (with Perry Nodelman)
* ''Out of their Minds'' (with Perry Nodelman)
* ''A Meeting of Minds'' (with Perry Nodelman)
* ''The Freak''
* ''The Garden''
* ''Jesper''
* ''Kris's War'' (formerly ''Code Name Kris'')
* ''Lisa's War''
* ''Past Crimes'' (2007)
* ''Sparks Fly Upward''
* ''Visions''
* ''The War Within''
* ''Daniel's Story''
* ''
The Primrose Path''
* ''Footsteps in the Snow: The Red River Diary of Isobel Scott'' (part of ''
Dear Canada'' series)
* ''Turned Away: The World War II Diary of Devorah Bernstein'' (part of ''
Dear Canada'' series)
* ''A Season for Miracles: Twelve Tales of Christmas'' (contributor, part of ''
Dear Canada'' series)
* ''Pieces of the Past: The Holocaust Diary of Rose Rabinowitz'' (part of ''
Dear Canada'' series)
* ''A Time for Giving: Ten Tales of Christmas'' (contributor, part of ''
Dear Canada'' series)
* ''Behind Enemy Lines: World War II, Sam Frederiksen'' (part of ''
I Am Canada'' series)
* ''Greater Than Angels''
* ''The Lost Locket''
* ''In my Enemy's House''
Past Crimes(Fictive Press, 2020)
Cloning Miranda(Fictive Press, 2017)
Tucson Jo(Fictive Press, 2014), National Jewish Book Awards Finalist
When I Die: A meditation on death for children & their families(Fictive Press, 2013)
A Struggle for Hope(Scholastic Canada, 2021)
References
External links
Carol Matas' official website
Living people
Canadian children's writers
Jewish Canadian writers
Canadian women children's writers
Canadian women novelists
Jewish women writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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