About
Mary Beth Leatherdale is the award-winning author and editor of many books for children and youth, including You Can Be an Activist, Terry Fox and Me, Stormy Seas and #NotYourPrincess. Her books have received many starred reviews and have won or been shortlisted for awards including the YALSA Excellence in Non-Fiction for Young Adults Award, the SCBWI Golden Kite Award, the Norma Fleck Award and the Silver Birch Award, among others. Her work has been translated into several languages, including Italian, Korean, German and Turkish.
Before becoming a freelance editor, Mary Beth was the editorial director at Owlkids and the editor of Chirp and OWL magazines.
She has a degree in Visual Arts from the University of Western Ontario and a Master of Education from the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education (OISE). Mary Beth lives in Toronto with her family and her dog, Champ.
Mary Beth is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI); IBBY Canada; the Writer’s Union of Canada; the Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP); and the Canadian Children’s Book Centre
Photo by Helen Tansey, Sundari Photography