Kit Pearson

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born

April 30, 1947 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

gender

female

website

http://www.kitpearson.com/

genre

Young Adult, Children's Books, Historical Fiction

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Kit Pearson spent her childhood between that city and Vancouver, British Columbia. As a high-school student, she returned to Vancouver to be educated at Crofton House School. She obtained a degree in English Literature at the University of Alberta, and spent several years following the degree doing odd jobs or travelling in Europe.
In 1975, she began her Library degree at the University of British Columbia and took her first jobs in that field in Ontario. She later obtained an M.A. at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature in Boston. Returning to Vancouver, she completed her first novel "The Daring Game" which was published by Penguin Books.
Pearson now lives in Victoria, British Columbia, a few blocks from Ross Bay...more

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Books by Kit Pearson

Average rating: 3.99 · 3,828 ratings · 168 reviews · 16 distinct works

	The Sky Is Falling (The Guests of War Trilogy, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 765 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions	My rating:
	A Handful of Time 4.06 avg rating — 690 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Awake and Dreaming 4.18 avg rating — 622 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Looking At The Moon (The Guests of War Trilogy, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 513 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Lights Go On Again (The Guests of War Trilogy, #3) 3.89 avg rating — 435 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Daring Game 3.64 avg rating — 278 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Whispers of War: The War of 1812 Diary of Susanna Merritt 3.64 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Guests of War Trilogy 4.24 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 1997	My rating:
	A Perfect Gentle Knight 3.85 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Whole Truth 3.71 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Series by Kit Pearson

Guests of War (3 books)
by Kit Pearson

4.00 avg rating — 1,842 ratings

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