Emily Pohl-Weary
BIO
Biography

Emily Pohl-Weary is the author of eight books, a play, and a girl pirate comic. Her latest young adult novel, How to Be Found, features a “grittier Nancy Drew” (Toronto Star) and “captures the angst and drama of teen life” (Zoomer). The Witch’s Circle, her 40-minute audio play, can be streamed at https://theotherpath.ca/listen. Previous books include Not Your Ordinary Wolf Girl (YA), Strange Times at Western High (middle-grade), Ghost Sick (poetry), and Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril (non-fiction). She lives in Vancouver, on Musqueam Territory, where she teaches at the University of British Columbia.

ADDRESS
City: Vancouver, Province/Territory: British Columbia
EMAIL
GENRE
young adult, drama, poetry, biography, etc.
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
How to Be Found (young adult novel)
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press
Year
2024
Title
The Witch’s Circle (an audio play)
Publisher
Odyssey Theatre
Year
2022
Title
Ghost Sick (poetry)
Publisher
Tightrope Books
Year
2015
Title
Not Your Ordinary Wolf Girl
Publisher
Penguin
Year
2013
Title
Strange Times at Western High (middle-grade novel)
Publisher
Annick Press
Year
2006
Title
Iron-on Constellations (poetry)
Publisher
Tightrope Books
Year
2007
Title
A Girl Like Sugar
Publisher
McGilligan Books
Year
2004
Title
Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril (biography co-authored with Merril)
Publisher
Between the Lines
Year
2002
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Hugo Award
Publication
for Better to Have Loved
Year
2003
Name
Fred Cogswell Award for Excellence in Poetry
Publication
for Ghost Sick
Year
2016
Name
Toronto Book Award (finalist)
Publication
for Better to Have Loved
Year
2003
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Programs & Interests
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