CHERIE DIMALINE is an author from the Georgian Bay Métis Community. Her book
The Marrow Thieves won the prestigious Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature, the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature, and the Governor General's Literary Award, among others. It was named a Book of the Year on numerous lists, including those from NPR, the
School Library Journal, the New York Public Library, the
Globe and Mail,
Quill & Quire, and the CBC. Its sequel,
Hunting by Stars, was published in 2021 to great acclaim, and has been selected as Book of the Year from
NPR, Indigo, and Kobo, and is a
Good Morning America Buzz Pick, as well as a
Cityline Book Club Pick for December 2021. Her most recent novel for young readers
Funeral Songs for Dying Girls was a A
BookPage Most Anticipated YA Book of 2023.
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