Maggie De Vries is a writer for children and adults and a children's book editor. Her book, Missing Sarah, was nominated for the 2003 Governor General’s Award Nomination for Non-Fiction, later winning the 13th annual VanCity Book Prize and the first annual George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in BC Literature in 2004. She is also the winner of the 2006 ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Award and 2007 Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize for Tale of a Great White Fish.

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