Beverley Brenna

Beverly Brenna has previously published 14 titles for young people, including her "Wild Orchid" series that placed on the Governor General?s shortlist for children?s literature, won a Dolly Gray award, and earned a 2015 Printz Honor. Her most recent middle-grade titles include Sapphire the Great and the Meaning of Life (Pajama Press, 2019), winner of an Oy Vey! Funniest Children's Book Award, and Because of that Crow, a story set in rural Saskatchewan. Bev has another middle-grade book coming out in 2026 -- Francine Garcia and the Recipe for Joy (from Yellow Dog Press). Bev has been a classroom and special education teacher and consultant, university faculty, and most recently, the 2024 winter Writer in Residence for the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild. She lives in Saskatoon.