Anita Daher is an author, screenwriter, producer, show host and actor based in

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. She has worked in book publishing since 1995 and has published in print, audio and e-book format in Canada, the United States, and Europe. She is also an actor on stage and screen. In 2020, she began to produce and host an author interview series called ''Made in Manitoba: Stories from Home'' airing on Shaw Winnipeg's community access channel, as well as the YouTube Channel, Made in Manitoba Book TV. Daher was born in

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, where she spent her childhood and the first two decades of her adult years moving every few years from one part of the country to the next. This wandering may have influenced her writing style. She has become known for bringing a strong sense of place into her stories. She feels that what she really writes about is "connection". Daher sat as Chair of the

Writers' Union of Canada The Writers' Union of Canada (TWUC), founded in 1973, describes itself as supporting "the country's authors by advocating for their rights, freedoms, and economic well-being." Its members are professional writers who must have published at least o ...

from 2019-2021, the first two-year term Chair in the Union's history.

Bibliography

*''Flight from Big Tangle'' (2002) *''Flight from Bear Canyon'' (2004) *''Racing for Diamonds'' (2007) *''Spider's Song'' (2007) *''Two Foot Punch'' (2007) *''Poachers in the Pingos'' (2008) *''On the Trail of the Bushman'' (2009) *''The Wilderness Cure'' (2012) *''Wager the Wonder Horse'' (2013) *''The Hustle'' (2013) *''Itty Bitty Bits'' (2013) *''Wonder Horse'' (2015) *''Forgetting How to Breathe'' (2018) *''You Don't Have to Die in the End'' (2020) *''Peanut Butter and Chaos'' (202

Awards

*Winner, Brave New Words: The Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards, John Hirsch Award for Most Promising New Writer, 2007The John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer
*Finalist, ''Spider's Song'',

Arthur Ellis Award The Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, formerly known as the Arthur Ellis Awards, are a group of Canadians, Canadian literary awards, presented annually by the Crime Writers of Canada for the best Canadian crime and Mystery fiction, mys ...

, 2008Aqua Books Writer in Residence Program
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, 2008 *Finalist, ''Racing for Diamonds'', Hackmatack Award, 2009Association of Canadian Publishers
*Long List, ''Mime'', CBC Literary Prize, 2017 *Finalist, ''Forgetting How to Breathe'', IODE Violet Downey Book Award, 2019 *Finalist, ''You Don't Have to Die in the End'', Forest of Reading White Pine Award, 2021 *Finalist, ''You Don't Have to Die in the End'', Manitoba Book Award, Best YA Novel, 2021 McNally Robinson Books for Young People (Older Category)

References

External links

Manitoba Writers Guild Profile

Winnipeg International Writers Festival Biography

Anita Daher official website

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