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American novelist

Martine Leavitt (born ) is a Canadian American writer of young adult novels and a creative writing instructor.

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Leavitt was born in in Canada. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree, first class honours, from the University of Calgary and a Master of Fine Arts from Vermont College.^[1] She has seven children, twenty-one grandchildren, and lives with her husband in Alberta, Canada.

Martine Leavitt writes novels for young adults, most recently Buffalo Flats. Calvin () won the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature.

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My Book of Life by Angel () was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year. Keturah and Lord Death () was a finalist for the National Book Award.

She teaches creative writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts, a short-residency MFA program, where she serves as the Katherine Paterson Endowed