Ann Blades
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Vancouver, Canada
British Columbia Institute of Technology (1974)
Ann Blades | |
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| Born | November 16, 1947 Vancouver, Canada |
| Education | University of British Columbia (1970)
British Columbia Institute of Technology (1974) |
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Ann Blades (born November 16, 1947)[1] is a Canadian illustrator, writer and educator.
She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She earned a teaching certificate from the University of British Columbia in 1970. In 1974, she graduated in nursing from the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Blades taught school in a number of isolated communities in British Columbia.[2][3]
Her first book Mary of Mile 18, published in 1971, received the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award. It was followed by A Boy of Taché in 1973.[2] Mary of Mile 18 was made into a film by the National Film Board of Canada. Her illustrations were included in an exhibition "Canada at Bologna" at the 1990 Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy.[3]
