K.V.Johansen is a Medieval Studies and English Master's Degree holder. She has held the Eileen Wallace Children's Literature Research Scholarship and been awarded the Frances E. In 2004, Russell received the Russell Award for research in children's literature. Johansen won the 2006 Lilla Stirling Award from the Canadian Writers' Association, and her fiction books have been nominated for the Silver Birch Award, the Diamond Willow Award, and the Canadian Association of Children's Librarians Book of the Year for Children Award, as well as being on the Ontario Library Association's Best Bets Top Ten List and VOYA's Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Books Visit www.pippin.ca for additional details.