He has averaged a novel every year since then, though not all have been published. Slade began writing at quite a young age and finished his first novel when he was eighteen. Author of the blog Writing for Young Adults.ĪDAPTATIONS: Slade’s stories have been recorded for the collection Up There There Are Only Birds: Stories from the Edge, released by Shea Publishing (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada), 1994. Invasion of the IQ Snatchers, Coteau Books (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada), 2007.Īuthor of the comic-book series “Hallowed Knight” and “Great Scott! Canada’s Greatest Scottish Superhero,” as well as the illustrated horror short-story collection Shades of Slade. Ghost Hotel, Coteau Books (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada), 2005. Return of the Grudstone Ghosts, Coteau Books (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada), 2002. “ARTHUR SLADE’S CANADIAN CHILLS” SERIES FOR YOUNG ADULTS The Loki Wolf, Orca Books (Custer, WA), 2000. The Haunting of Drang Island, Orca Books (Custer, WA), 1998. “NORTHERN FRIGHTS SERIES FOR YOUNG ADULTSĭraugr, illustrated by Ljuba Levstek, Orca Books (Custer, WA), 1997. Villainology: Fabulous Lives of the Big, the Bad, and the Wicked, illustrated by Derek Mah, Tundra Books (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2007. Megiddo’s Shadow, Wendy Lamb Books (New York, NY), 2006. Monsterology: The Fabulous Lives of the Creepy, the Revolting, and the Undead, illustrated by Derek Mah, Tundra Books (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2005. Tribes, Wendy Lamb Books ( New York, NY), 2002. John Diefenbaker: An Appointment with Destiny, XYZ (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), 2001.ĭust, HarperCollins (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2001, Wendy Lamb Books ( New York, NY), 2003. MEMBER: Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators, and Performers (CANSCAIP), Writers Union of Canada, Saskatchewan Writers Guild, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.ĪWARDS, HONORS: Governor General’s Literacy Award for Children’s Literature, 2001, for Dust. Has also worked variously as a hotel night auditor, a radio copywriter, and a census taker.

Advertising copywriter in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1990-95. E-mail- ĬAREER: Writer, novelist, and copywriter. Hobbies and other interests: Biking, t’ai chi, hockey.ĪDDRESSES: Home-Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Education: University of Saskatchewan, B.A. PERSONAL: Born July 9, 1967, in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada son of Robert (a farmer) and Anne (a writer) Slade married Brenda Baker (a singer and writer), Augchildren.

Monsterology by Arthur Slade