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BOOK PITCH 2020
THe Judging Panel
Kenneth Oppel
Author of the Silverwing trilogy and Half Brother. Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award and the Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award.
Sheena Kamal
Author of The Lost Ones, No Going Back, and Fight Like A Girl. Likes her heroines to be “a little rough around the edges.”
Dr. Jenny Kay Dupuis
Educator, researcher, speaker, artist, and proud member of Nipissing First Nation. Recipient of the Distinguished Young Alumni Award.
Sarah Raughley
Author of the Effigies series and forthcoming Bones of Ruin series. Holds a PhD in English, and is a fangirl of manga, SF/F TV, and JRPGs.
Sophie Paas-Lang
Multidisciplinary designer, illustrator, and comic artist from Toronto. An avid cyclist inspired by the city and the people in it.