Judith Silverthorne is a multiple-award winning Canadian author of more than a dozen books. Convictions, her first Young Adult historical novel, is a Gold Moonbeam Award winner. She has many children’s novels published, one of which has been translated into Japanese, plus two adult non-fiction biographies. Her first picture book, Honouring the Buffalo, published in English and Cree in 2015, is an international award winner, and in 2016 it was published in French and Cree.
The love of nature, people and history inspire Judith Silverthorne’s writing and help shape many of her books. Saskatchewan-based, she travels the world acquiring knowledge of cultures and societies, exploring mysteries, experiencing significant events, and the everyday lives of people, which she weaves into her numerous stories.
Judith teaches writing classes, and has presented hundreds of readings and writing workshops at libraries, schools and other educational institutions, and given presentations at conferences and literary festivals. For more information about Judith, visit her website: www.judithsilverthorne.ca.
