Karen Bass is the award-winning author of a number of novels for young adult readers. Her novel Graffiti Knight won the CLA Young Adult Book Award, the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, the R. Ross Annett Award and the CAA Exporting Alberta Award, among other honors. Uncertain Soldier, winner of the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, and The Hill were both nominated for the Forest of Reading Red Maple Award. Karen was a public library manager in Alberta for sixteen years before turning to full-time writing. She lives in Hamilton, Ontario.
Karen Bass loves writing action and adventure, and likes to slide in some history when she can. She has twice won the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction, and has received numerous other nominations and accolades for her stories, including one being named as a USBBY Outstanding International Book. Her newest novel, Trust No One, is a Junior Library Guild Gold Selection.
Aside from finishing her degree in Victoria, Karen lived most of her life in rural Alberta. When her husband retired, they decided to strike out on their own adventure, and now call southern Ontario home. Aside from writing, Karen works occasionally in a library, and so has a constantly growing pile of books waiting to be read. She loves having a whole new part of Canada to explore and use as inspiration for new stories.
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