Kate A Boorman is an award-winning author from Edmonton, with roots in the small town of Rimbey, Alberta. Her books for young readers have been published in four world territories and have appeared on a variety of Best Of lists, from the Ontario Library Association to O, The Oprah Magazine. The first book in her acclaimed Winterkill trilogy won the R. Ross Annett award for Children’s Fiction.  What We Buried (Henry Holt), was a Banks Street College of Education Best Books and her newest thriller, Into the Sublime, was a YALSA 2023 Best Books. Kate’s newest novel, the MG historical, The Heathens and the Dragon, released Sept 2023 to a starred review from Publishers Weekly. Kate has participated as a guest at various festivals and conferences in Western Canada and is member of the Young Alberta Book Society.