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Heather Camlot

Author, Media, Translator, Editor

 

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First Name
Heather
Last Name
Camlot
Province or Territory
Ontario
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Bio
Heather is an award-winning children’s author, journalist, editor and translator. She has written two middle-grade novels, Clutch and The Other Side, both of which received starred Kirkus reviews and Skipping Stones Honor Awards, among other honors and nominations.

Heather is also an accomplished nonfiction writer. She is the author of five middle-grade nonfiction books, including What If Soldiers Fought with Pillows? True Stories of Imagination and Determination as well as The Prisoner and the Writer, the story of wrongly imprisoned Captain Alfred Dreyfus and author Emile Zola’s fight to have him set free. Her latest nonfiction book is Becoming Bionic and Other Ways Science is Making Us Super. Honors for her nonfiction work include Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selections, a Canadian Jewish Literary Award, starred reviews and multiple award nominations. She has four nonfiction books on the way in 2026 and 2027.
Available For
School and library presentations as well as writing workshops.
School Visits
Absolutely!
PRESENTATIONS (60 minutes, grades 3+)
Heather engages students with a fun and interactive presentation. She shares the inspiration for her books and the challenges of writing works that delve into history. She also discusses the basic elements of writing fiction and/or nonfiction, how to give stories life through research and why bringing the past to the present is so important. Q&A session and reading are included.

WORKSHOPS (60 minutes, grades 3+)
Look no further: A simple moment can kickstart the writing process. Students choose a moment in their own lives or family history and turn into a work of fiction or nonfiction.
What’s news?: Bias in the media is difficult to spot. This session will delve into media literacy and how to determine if what you’re reading is fact…or fiction.
A single object: A single object can inspire an entire world. Students will begin with an “item of interest” and learn how to add different layers — setting, storyline, character, big reveal — to build a short story.
Customized topic: Available upon request.
Publications
Clutch (Red Deer Press, 2017)
What If Soldiers Fought with Pillows (Owlkids Books, 2020)
The Other Side (Red Deer Press, 2020)
I Can't Do What?: Strange Laws and Rules from Around the World (Red Deer Press, 2022)
Secret Schools: True Stories of the Determination to Learn (Owlkids Books, 2022)
The Prisoner and the Writer (Groundwood Books, 2022)
Becoming Bionic and Other Ways Science is Making Us Super (Owlkids Books, 2023)
Canadian Celebrations: Hanukkah (Beech Street Books, 2024)
Awards
CLUTCH
- 2018 Skipping Stones Honor Award
- Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017 – Middle Grade Historical Fiction
- 2018 Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People Nominee
- Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens Spring 2018 (starred)
- 2018 Forest of Reading Silver Birch Nominee
- 2019 MYRCA Sundogs Nominee

THE OTHER SIDE
- 2021 Forest of Reading Red Maple Nominee
- 2021 Skipping Stones Honor Award
- Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens 2020

WHAT IF SOLDIERS FOUGHT WITH PILLOWS?
- 2021 Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Awards Diamond Willow Nominee
- 2022 Skipping Stones Honor Award
- 2022 selection – German Academy for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, books that may help encourage discussion around war and peace
- Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens 2020

SECRET SCHOOLS
- Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
- 2023/24 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Awards Nominee
- 2023/24 Red Cedar Book Award Nominee
- Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens Spring 2023

I CAN'T DO WHAT? STRANGE LAWS AND RULES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
- TD Summer Reading Club 2023
- Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens Spring 2023
- 2023/24 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Awards Nominee

THE PRISONER AND THE WRITER
- 2023 Canadian Jewish Literary Award
- Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
- France’s prix littéraire FETKANN – Maryse Condé 2023 Shortlist
- 2023 Notable Books for a Global Society
- A Globe and Mail Top 10 Kids’ Book of 2022
- 2023 Skipping Stones Honor Award

BECOMING BIONIC
- Science Writers & Communicators of Canada Book Award 2023 Shortlist
- 2024 Outstanding Science Trade Book, National Science Teaching Association/ Children’s Book Council
- 2024 Forest of Reading Yellow Cedar Finalist
- 2024 TD Summer Reading Club
- 2024/25 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Awards Nominee
Other Memberships
SCBWI
Access Copyright
The Canadian Children's Book Centre
IBBY Canada
The Writers' Union of Canada

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