Susin Nielsen

Susin Nielsen (born 1964) is a Canadian author for children, adolescents and young adults. She received the 2012 Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature and the 2013 Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award for her young adult novel The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen, which deals with the aftermath of a school shooting.

In 2019, she received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People.

Personal life Nielsen was born in 1964, and was raised in London and Chatham-Kent, Ontario.

She is married to Goran Fernlund and has one child: Oscar. While working on these shows she produced three children's picture books: Hank and Fergus, Mormor Moves In, and The Magic Beads.

Her first independent novel, Word Nerd, deals with bullying, a theme she returns to in The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen. Her books often describe the effect of broken families on children.

Nielsen's 2015 book, We Are All Made of Molecules, about two step siblings trying to form a bond with each other, was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award.

Nielsen's books have been translated into Dutch, French, Portuguese, Italian, German and Polish (In the Polish language, not all of them have been translated).

Two of Nielsen's books are Junior Library Guild selections: No Fixed Address (2018) and Tremendous Things (2021).

In 2015, The Globe and Mail, Kirkus Reviews, Quill & Quire, and The Telegraph included We Are All Made of Molecules on their list of the best young adult novels of the year.