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Beverley Brenna
Beverley Brenna

Bev Brenna is the author of over a dozen books for young people, including The White Bicycle—winner of a Printz Honor and shortlisted for a 2013 Governor General's Award, and Sapphire the Great and the Meaning of Life—winner of a 2021 Joan Betty Stuchner award for humour.
Bev is also the Children's Editor at Red Deer Press.
After many years as a classroom and special education teacher and consultant, Bev worked as a faculty member in the College of Education, University of Saskatchewan, teaching courses in ELA as well as researching literacy and Canadian children's literature--which she has continued with Emerita status since 2022. Her academic books include Stories for Every Classroom (Canadian Scholars Press, 2015) and Contemporary Canadian Picture Books (Brill Publishing, 2021).
Bev lives with her husband in a tall yellow house on the prairies.