Carol Matas

Carol Matas is a Canadian writer. She has had more than fifty books for young people published over several decades, including science fiction, fantasy, historical, contemporary, realistic fiction, historical fiction and foods science. Her novels often reflect a Jewish perspective, and her best-known are set during the Holocaust. Her books have been highly honored, including having been shortlisted for the Governor General's Awards twice.

Career Matas' book A Struggle for Hope was launched as part of the first Holocaust Education Week in Winnipeg in November 2021.

On November 10, 2025, during Holocaust Education Month, Matas held the public launch of her book A Storm Unleashed, organised by the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada, at which the Minister of Education and Childhood Learning Tracy Schmidt announced that Manitoba was implementing a mandatory Holocaust education curriculum for grades 6, 9, and 11. A Storm Unleashed is the only novel in the grade 6 portion of the curriculum.

Matas is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.