Jean Augustine
- Publisher
- Beech Street Books
- Initial publish date
- Aug 2024
- Category
- General
- Recommended Age
- 8 to 9
- Recommended Grade
- 3 to 4
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781774566480
- Publish Date
- Aug 2024
- List Price
- $29.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781774566732
- Publish Date
- Aug 2024
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
The Honourable Jean Augustine has dedicated her life to public service and education. Learn more about her story from the Caribbean to Toronto.
About the author
Wanda Taylor is an award-winning writer, filmmaker, journalist, and college professor.
As an author of fiction and nonfiction, Wanda writes across children's, YA and adult markets. Her next two fiction titles are set for release with HarperCollins Canada in June 2023 and Spring 2024. As a journalist and former television producer, Wanda has written and produced content for film and television. Her magazine features, poems, and essays appear in publications across Canada, the US, and the UK.
As a former Acquisitions Editor, Wanda has acquired and championed titles from emerging and established authors and continues to support the work of new writers as a freelance editor.
In her role as a sensitivity reader, Wanda works with publishers and authors on works in progress to ensure accuracy and authenticity in areas such as race, diversity, cultural history, social work, and trauma.
Wanda currently teaches courses in journalism, communications, and several writing courses. She previously taught journalism courses at King's, where she will continue to serve as a mentor in the MFA Writing and Publishing program.
