WINNER
7 Prom Dresses
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by G.S. Prendergast
G.S. (Gabrielle) Prendergast is the bestselling author of numerous books for children and teens. She studied at the University of New South Wales in Australia, at San Francisco State University and the University of British Columbia.
After working in the music industry and in social welfare, Gabrielle wrote the screenplay for Hildegarde, which starred Oscar nominee Richard E. Grant. Gabrielle went on to work in TV, but began writing books when she became a mother, so she could work from home.
Her books have received nominations for the White Pine Award, the Canadian Library Association Award, the Vancouver Book Prize and several other honors. She won the BC Book Prize for her YA sci-fi Zero Repeat Forever and the Westchester Award for her YA novel in verse Audacious.
Born in the UK and both an Australian and New Zealand citizen, Gabrielle now lives in East Vancouver, Canada in a permanent state of “under-construction”.
RUNNER-UP
Sherlock Holmes and the Public Domain
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by Evan Crosby, Jack Homesley, and Matthew Kutzin