Karen Bass

Karen Bass (born 1962) is a Canadian writer of young adult fiction. Her 2014 novel Graffiti Knight won the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award and Geoffrey Bilson Award. Her 2015 novel Uncertain Soldier also won the Geoffrey Bilson Award.

Biography Bass was born in 1962 in High Prairie, Alberta, and grew up on a farm. In 2012, she was the writer-in-residence for the Peace region in Alberta.

Later, Bass managed a library in northwest Alberta for sixteen years before committing to writing full-time. Two Times a Traitor (2017), and Blood Donor (2021).

In 2015, Bank Street College of Education included Graffiti Knight on their list of the best books for children ages fourteen and up. In 2017, the novel was included on CBC Books' "100 young adult books that make you proud to be Canadian" list in the thirtieth position.

Publications

Run Like Jäger (2008) Summer of Fire (2009) Drummer Girl (2011) Graffiti Knight (2013) Uncertain Soldier (2015) The Hill (2016) Two Times a Traitor (2017) Blood Donor (2021)