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Joel A. Sutherland (born 1 December 1980) is a Canadian author of thriller, horror and fantasy short stories and novels, anthologies and children's books. His notable works include ''Frozen Blood'' and the ''Haunted Canada'' series. Sutherland's writing has won the
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Silver Birch Award and the
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, and been nominated for the
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Red Maple Award The Red Maple Award is an award in the Ontario Library Association (OLA) Forest of Reading Awards. The Red Maple Award celebrates fiction (since 1998) and non-fiction Non-fiction (or nonfiction) is any document or content (media), media conte ...
, the
Bram Stoker Award The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing. History The Awards were established in 1987 and have been presented annually since ...
and the Black Quill Award. He lives in
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,
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. Sutherland was born in
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. He graduated with a BFA in Film & Video Production studies from
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,
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, in 2003 and obtained a
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degree from
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,
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, in 2012. He is the Children's & Youth Services Librarian for the
Georgina Public Libraries Georgina Public Library is a library system with locations in Keswick, Sutton and Pefferlaw, Ontario, Canada. It was founded when the Town of Georgina was formed from North Gwillimbury Township, the Village of Sutton, and Township of Georgina in ...
. He has also worked at the Ajax Public Library, in a hockey stick factory, at a pizza restaurant, in a bar, at a men's suit retailer and at a bookstore. He was also a member of the
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during the summer of 2000. His first published story was "Something Fishy This Way Comes" in ''The Undead: Skin & Bones'' ( Permuted Press). ''Frozen Blood'' has been said to have been inspired by the Great Ice Storm of 1998. In October 2010, it was announced that Sutherland had been selected as a contestant for the first season of
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, which aired on
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in the Spring of 2011. He made it to the third round on the ''Beauties vs. Geeks'' episode.


List of published works

*''Frozen Blood'' ( Lachesis Publishing, 2008) *''Be a Writing Superstar'' (
Scholastic Canada Scholastic Corporation is an American multinational publishing, education, and media company that publishes and distributes books, comics, and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, children, and other educational institutions. P ...
, 2010) *''Haunted Canada 4: More True Tales of Terror'' (
Scholastic Canada Scholastic Corporation is an American multinational publishing, education, and media company that publishes and distributes books, comics, and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, children, and other educational institutions. P ...
, 2014) *''Haunted Canada 5: Terrifying True Stories'' (
Scholastic Canada Scholastic Corporation is an American multinational publishing, education, and media company that publishes and distributes books, comics, and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, children, and other educational institutions. P ...
, 2015) *''Haunted Canada 6: More Terrifying True Stories'' (
Scholastic Canada Scholastic Corporation is an American multinational publishing, education, and media company that publishes and distributes books, comics, and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, children, and other educational institutions. P ...
, 2016) *''Summer's End'' (
Scholastic Canada Scholastic Corporation is an American multinational publishing, education, and media company that publishes and distributes books, comics, and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, children, and other educational institutions. P ...
, 2017) *''Haunted Canada 7: Chilling True Tales'' (
Scholastic Canada Scholastic Corporation is an American multinational publishing, education, and media company that publishes and distributes books, comics, and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, children, and other educational institutions. P ...
, 2017) *''Haunted: The House Next Door'' (
Scholastic Canada Scholastic Corporation is an American multinational publishing, education, and media company that publishes and distributes books, comics, and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, children, and other educational institutions. P ...
, 2017) *''Haunted: Kill Screen'' (
Scholastic Canada Scholastic Corporation is an American multinational publishing, education, and media company that publishes and distributes books, comics, and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, children, and other educational institutions. P ...
, 2017) *''Haunted Canada 8: More Chilling True Tales'' (
Scholastic Canada Scholastic Corporation is an American multinational publishing, education, and media company that publishes and distributes books, comics, and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, children, and other educational institutions. P ...
, 2018) *''Haunted: Night of the Living Dolls'' (
Scholastic Canada Scholastic Corporation is an American multinational publishing, education, and media company that publishes and distributes books, comics, and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, children, and other educational institutions. P ...
, 2018) *''Haunted: Field of Screams'' (
Scholastic Canada Scholastic Corporation is an American multinational publishing, education, and media company that publishes and distributes books, comics, and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, children, and other educational institutions. P ...
, 2019)


References

Author Interviews: *http://www.hardcorenerdity.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2239098%3ABlogPost%3A52461 *http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/interviews.htm#Interview_with_Joel_A._Sutherland_ *http://thebooksmugglers.com/2008/02/fried-interview-with-joel-sutherland.html


External links

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Joel A. Sutherland's Amazon.com Author Page

Joel A. Sutherland's Amazon.co.uk Author Page

Joel A. Sutherland's Goodreads Page
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sutherland, Joel A. Alumni of Aberystwyth University Canadian fantasy writers Canadian horror writers Living people 1980 births