All about Anita....

Anita Daher draws writing inspiration from the many places she's been fortunate to spend time, including Summerside, PEI; Yellowknife, NT; Churchill, MB; Baker Lake, NU and Sault Ste. Marie, ON. She has been entrenched in the book publishing industry for more than a decade, writing books, articles and reviews, leading workshops and presentations, and has worked as a marketing director and editor. In 2007 Anita released her third juvenile novel, Racing for Diamonds, as well as two teen novels, Spider's Song and Two Foot Punch. She was also the recipient of the 2007 John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer. When she's not writing, Anita likes to spend time baking, playing her guitar (badly) and turning her backyard garden into a haven for neighbourhood bunnies.

Books:

Two Foot Punch, Orca Book Publishers, Victoria, BC, Nov. 2007

Spider's Song, Penguin Canada, Toronto, ON, April 2007

Racing for Diamonds, Orca Book Publishers, Victoria, BC, March 2007

Flight from Bear Canyon, Orca Book Publishers, Victoria, BC, September 2004

Flight from Big Tangle, Orca Book Publishers, Victoria, BC, September 2002,

Upcoming Books:

Poachers in the Pingos, Orca Book Publishers, Victoria, BC, Sept. 2008

Honours:

Recipient of the 2007 John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer

Participant, 2007 TD Canada Trust Children's Book Week Tour

Flight from Bear Canyon: CCBC Our Choice Selection, 2005

Flight from Big Tangle: Recommended, Canadian Toy Testing Council; Recommended, Resource Links; Finalist, 2004 Diamond Willow Award

Anita overlooking Painted Canyon on the South Nahanni River

Anita's Great Grandparents, Fritz Frederick Robert Paul Stampe, and Achsa Alberta Bell, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, May, 1918.