Monique Gray Smith Explained

Monique Gray Smith
Occupation:Writer
Genre:Children's literature, young adult fiction
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Notableworks:Tilly, a Story of Hope and Resilience
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Awards:Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature

Monique Gray Smith is a Canadian writer of children's and young adult literature.[1] [2] She is also an international speaker and consultant. Of Cree, Lakota and Scottish descent, Smith is based in Victoria, British Columbia.[3]

Career

She is most noted for her young adult novel Tilly, a Story of Hope and Resilience, which won the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature in 2014,[4] and her children's picture book My Heart Fills With Happiness, which won the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize in 2017. In 2018 she was named as a finalist for the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award for Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation,[5] and for the Burt Award for The Journey Forward, a compilation of two novellas co-written with Richard Van Camp.[6] In the same year she published Tilly and the Crazy Eights, a sequel to her first novel.[7]

In addition to her work as a writer, Smith has worked as a psychiatric nurse in Indigenous communities for over 25 years, having completed formal nurses training at Douglas College.[8] She also spent 5 years working as Instructor for Curriculum Design at the Justice Institute of BC and has been an Inspirational Speaker for Little Drum Consulting for more than 20 years.[9]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thenextchapter/full-episode-aug-18-2018-1.4503830/monique-gray-smith-s-new-book-for-young-readers-charts-a-path-to-reconciliation-1.4505890 "Monique Gray Smith's new book for young readers charts a path to reconciliation"
  2. https://www.timescolonist.com/victoria-writer-monique-gray-smith-earns-b-c-book-prize-1.17805108 "Victoria writer Monique Gray Smith earns B.C. Book Prize"
  3. http://moniquegraysmith.com/#text-3 "About Monique Gray Smith"
  4. https://quillandquire.com/awards/2014/09/29/monique-gray-smith-wins-burt-award-for-first-nations-metis-and-inuit-literature/ "Monique Gray Smith wins Burt Award for First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Literature"
  5. https://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/victoria-author-monique-gray-smith-nominated-for-award-1.23424126 "Victoria author Monique Gray Smith nominated for award"
  6. https://www.cbc.ca/books/cherie-dimaline-s-the-marrow-thieves-among-finalist-for-10k-code-burt-award-for-indigenous-ya-literature-1.4831263 "Cherie Dimaline's The Marrow Thieves among finalists for $10K CODE Burt Award for Indigenous YA literature"
  7. https://quillandquire.com/review/tilly-and-the-crazy-eights/ "Tilly and the Crazy Eights"
  8. Alison Gerlach. PhD. Smith. Monique Gray. 'Walking side by side': Being an occupational therapy change agent in partnership with Indigenous clients and communities. en.
  9. Web site: Monique Gray Smith. Smith. Monique Gray. 2019. LinkedIn.
  10. Web site: Writing. moniquegraysmith.com. 2019-03-04.
  11. Web site: Winners & Finalists Victoria Book Prize Society. www.victoriabookprizes.ca. 2019-03-04.
  12. Web site: The Largest Award of Its Kind Celebrates the Best in Canadian Children's Literature. 2018-09-06. Canadian Children's Book Centre. en-US. 2019-03-04.

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