Galadriel Watson has been writing since childhood, when she penned the spellbinding “Amy Goes to the Olympics”—typed by her grandmother on a manual typewriter, illustrated by Galadriel herself and bound in green construction paper.
She has since honed her skills through years of practice, plus through her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia, where she won the 2016 Penguin Random House/Hazlitt Award in Creative Writing. She also has a Bachelor of Arts With Distinction in Writing from the University of Victoria, plus completed Humber College’s Creative Writing by Correspondence program.
Her 24th non-fiction book for children, Running Wild was published April 2020 by Annick Press and is a Kirkus starrred review. Her previous book, Extreme Abilities, published April 2019 by Annick Press, was nominated for a 2020 Yellow Cedar Award. She has also published over 50 articles for children in magazines like Brainspace, Muse and Ask.
Her writing for adults and comics have been published in places like The Globe and Mail, Discover magazine and The Washington Post.