K.V. Johansen (born 1968) is a Canadian fantasy, science fiction, and children's author. Krista Victoria Johansen was born in

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. She holds

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s in Medieval Studies and English literature. She lives in Sackville,

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Bibliography

Novels

*''Blackdog'' (Pyr, 2011) *''The Leopard: Marakand Volume One'' (Pyr, June 2014) *''The Lady: Marakand Volume Two'' (Pyr, December 2014) *''Gods of Nabban'' (Pyr, September 2016) *''The Last Road'' (Pyr, September 2019)

Warlocks of Talverdin (novels)

*''Nightwalker'' (2007) *''Treason in Eswy'' (2008) *''Warden of Greyrock'' (2009) *''The Shadow Road'' (2010)

Torrie Quests (novels)

*''Torrie and the Dragon'' (1997) *''Torrie and the Pirate-Queen'' (2005) (in Danish as ''Sørøverdronningen'', 2005; in Macedonian as ''Тори и пиратската кралица'') *''Torrie and the Firebird'' (2006) *''Torrie and the Snake-Prince'' (2007) (in Macedonian as ''Тори и принцот-змија'') *''Torrie and the Dragonslayers'' (2009)

Cassandra Virus (novels)

*''The Cassandra Virus'' (2006) *''The Drone War'' (2007) *''The Black Box'' (2011)

Pippin (picture books)

*''Pippin Takes a Bath'' (1999) (in French as ''Au bain, coquine!'', 1999) *''Pippin and the Bones'' (2000) (in French as ''Coquine et son trésor'', 2000) *''Pippin and Pudding'' (2001) (in French as ''Coquine et Pouding'', 2001)

Collections

*''The Serpent Bride and Other Stories from Medieval Danish Ballads'' (1998) *''The Storyteller and other Tales'' (2008)

Non-fiction

*''Highlights in the History of Children's Fantasy'' (2004) *''Quests and Kingdoms: A Grown-Up's Guide to Children's Fantasy Literature'' (2005) *''Beyond Window Dressing? Canadian Children's Fantasy at the Millennium'' (2007)

Awards and honours

* 2000 — Early Childhood Literacy Award from the Lieutenant-Governor of

* 2004 — Frances E. Russell Award for research in children's literature from the Canadian section of the International Board on Books for Young People. * 2006 — Lilla Stirling Award, for the novel ''Torrie and the Pirate-Queen'', awarded by the

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. * 2006 — ''Torrie and the Pirate-Queen'' was a starred selection in the Our Choice Guide to Canada's Best Children's Books from the Canadian Children's Book Centre * 2007 —

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Best Bets Top Ten List for 2006 for ''Torrie and the Firebird'' * 2007 — Voya's Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror 2006 List for ''Nightwalker'' * 2007 — ''The Cassandra Virus'' short-listed for the 2007 Book of the Year for Children Award by the

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* 2007 — ''Torrie and the Snake-Prince'' short-listed for the 2008 Silver Birch Award. * 2008 — ''Torrie and the Snake-Prince'' was on the 2007 Year's Best list from Resource Links magazine * 2008 —

Best Bets Top Ten List for 2007 for ''Nightwalker'' * 2008 — ''Nightwalker'' short-listed for the 2008 Snow Willow Awards * 2008 — ''Torrie and the Snake-Prince'' selected for the 2008/2009 Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award short-list * 2008 — ''Nightwalker'' won the 2008

Ann Connor Brimer Award The Ann Connor Brimer Award for Atlantic Canadian Children's Literature is a $2,000 annual award given to an Atlantic Canadian writer deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to literature for young people. Starting in 2016, the prize alter ...

* 2010 — ''Warden of Greyrock'' selected for the 2009

Best Bets Top Ten List * 2010 — Johansen receives the 2010 Anna Frank Award for Children's Literature in Macedonia. * 2011 — ''Torrie & the Snake-Prince'' was chosen by IBBY (the

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) for their 2011 selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities * 2012 —

Best Bets for 2011 honourable mention for ''The Black Box'' * 2012 — ''Blackdog'' short-listed for the 2012 Sunburst Award

External links

K.V. Johansen's web sitealternate website
* 1968 births Living people 20th-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian novelists Canadian children's writers Canadian fantasy writers Canadian science fiction writers People from Sackville, New Brunswick Canadian women novelists Writers from Kingston, Ontario Writers from New Brunswick Women science fiction and fantasy writers Canadian women children's writers 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian women writers {{Canada-writer-stub