K. V. Johansen

2011—Literary Arts

K. V. Johansen

K.V. Johansen, one of Canada’s leading authors of fantasy literature for children and young adults, was born in Kingston, Ontario. As a Mount Allison undergraduate she was mentored and encouraged in her writing by Douglas Lochhead. After attaining Master’s degrees in Medieval Studies and English Literature she returned to Sackville to pursue a literary career in earnest. Since the late 1990s she has produced eleven children’s books, four fantasy novels for young adults and one for adults, two volumes of short stories and two works of literary criticism for adult readers. Her books have been translated into French, Danish and Macedonian. The quality of her work has been recognized with an impressive array of fellowships and awards, ranging from the New Brunswick Lieutenant-Governor’s Early Childhood Literacy Award in 2001 to the International Anna Frank Award for Children’s Literature in 2010.