Martha Ruth Brooks (born July 15, 1944)
Library and Archives Canada data at

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.org. Retrieved 2015-08-03. is a Canadian writer of plays, novels, and short fiction. Her young adult novel ''

True Confessions of a Heartless Girl ''True Confessions of a Heartless Girl'' is a 2002 novel by Canadian author Martha Brooks, her seventh Young-adults' book, novel for young adults. It received the 2002 Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature The Govern ...

'' won the

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in 2002.

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-based Brooks was born and raised on the grounds of the Manitoba

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in Ninette, Manitoba, where her father was a thoracic surgeon and her mother a nurse. Brooks is also a jazz singer and her album ''Change of Heart'' won the Prairie Music Award for outstanding jazz album in 2002. Her books have received numerous awards including the Governor General's Award, the

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, Mr. Christie Book Award, the Ruth Schwartz Award, the

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Young Adult Book Award, and the

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Works

* ''Paradise Cafe and other stories'', 1988. * ''Two Moons in August'', 1991 * ''Travelling on into the Light and Other Stories'', 1994 * ''I Met a Bully on the Hill'', 1995 * ''Andrew's Tree'', 1996 * ''Bone Dance'', 1997 * ''Being with Henry'', 1999 * ''

'', 2002 * ''Mistik Lake'', 2007 * ''Queen of Hearts'', 2010

References

;Other sources *Donald, Bridget.
The Many Voices of Martha Brooks
" 'Quill and Quire' June 1999. Retrieved May 4, 2010.

External links

* 1944 births Living people Canadian children's writers Canadian women jazz singers Writers from Manitoba Canadian women children's writers Governor General's Award-winning children's writers {{Canada-playwright-stub