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                  Photo credit
              Tobi Asmoucha Photography
          
            Wanda Taylor
          
        
            ADDRESS
          
          
                                            City: Toronto ,
                                                          Province/Territory:   Ontario
                        
        
            EMAIL
          
          
                      c/o TWUC
                    
        
            GENRE
          
          
            middle grade fiction
          
        
            LANGUAGES
          
          
            English
          
        
            PUBLICATIONS
          
          Publications
          Title
              It’s Our Time: Honoring the African Nova Scotian Communities of East Preston, North Preston, Lake Loon/Cherrybrook
          Publisher
              Nimbus Publishing
          Year
              2021
          Title
              No One’s Baby
          Publisher
              Lorimer Publishing
          Year
              2020
          Title
              Ride or Die
          Publisher
              Lorimer Publishing
          Year
              2018
          Title
              The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children: The Hurt, The Hope, and The Healing
          Publisher
              Nimbus Publishing
          Year
              2015
          Title
              Birchtown and the Black Loyalists
          Publisher
              Nimbus Publishing
          Year
              2014
          Title
              The Grover School Pledge
          Publisher
              HarperCollins
          Year
              2023
          Title
              A Recipe for Rhyme and Rescue
          Publisher
              HarperCollins
          Year
              2024
          Title
              The Sky's the Limit: Canadians Woh Blazed a Trail in Aviation
          Publisher
              Nimbus Publishing
          Year
              2025
          
            AWARDS
          
          Awards
          Name
              Northern Lights Middle Grade Book of the Year Award
          Publication
              Northern Lights
          Year
              2023
          
            LINKS
          
          
        
            PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
          
                    
            Presentation details
          
          
              Audience Size
              
              Audience size
              10-200
          
              Presentation Genre
              
              
              all genres
              
            
              Presentation Length
              
              
              15, 30, 45, or as requested
              
            
              Workshop details
           
          
              Audience Size
              
              
              Same
              
            
              Intended Audience
              
              
              all age levels
              
            
              Workshop Length
              
              
              15, 30, 45, or as requested
              
            
            School presentation details
          
            
                Audience Size
                
                
                any size
                
              
                Intended Audience
                
                
                all age levels
                
              
                Presentation Length
                
                
                15, 30, 45, or as requested
                
              
            EQUITY INITIATIVE
          
          
          As part of the Union’s Equity Implementation Plan, we are committed to increasing awareness of authors who are Black, Indigenous, racialized, LGBTQI2S, or living with a disability. This author identifies as:
            
  
    
              
      
          
        Members who identify as:
          Black, Indigenous, and/or racialized
              
            Programs & Interests
          
           
                Interested in participating Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program:
              
              All members are eligible for the Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program. Are you interested in participating in this pro
              Yes
          
                Interested in participating in the Northern Ontario WITS program:
              
              The Union’s Northern Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program funds in-person visits to northern Ontario schools when possible. Ar
              Yes
           
    

