Eva Wiseman

EVA WISEMAN came to Canada from Hungary with her family when she was a girl. She began writing at a young age, and her first young adult novel, A Place Not Home , was a finalist for numerous awards across North America. Her subsequent novels--which include My Canary Yellow Star , Kanada , and The World Outside --have won the McNally Robinson Books for Young People Award, the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, and the prestigious Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People....See more

EVA WISEMAN came to Canada from Hungary with her family when she was a girl. She began writing at a young age, and her first young adult novel, A Place Not Home , was a finalist for numerous awards across North America. Her subsequent novels--which include My Canary Yellow Star , Kanada , and The World Outside --have won the McNally Robinson Books for Young People Award, the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, and the prestigious Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People. Kanada was also shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Text. Eva Wiseman lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The author lives in Winnipeg, MB. See less