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“Easily the best fairy story I’ve read in years.”
– Jonathan Auxier, NYT bestselling author of The Night Gardener
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“A sharp, startling, wondrous story. “
Kelly Barnhill, Newbery Award winning author of The Girl Who Drank the Moon
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“Coakley has written an intricate, evocative and imaginative story…”
Quill & Quire, Starred review
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“Readers will feel the chill of the frost and smell the crackling bonfires.”
School Library Journal (starred review)
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Witchlanders -
Witchlanders is a Crystal Kite Award Winner!
I’m delighted that my first book, WITCHLANDERS, has received this lovely award from the SCBWI, The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. This award is especially meaningful for me because it has been given to me by my peers.
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“Coakley’s world-building is lush and provocative…”
-The Bulletin for the Center for Children’s Books
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"Sheer delight."
Kathy Stinson, Author of THE MAN WITH THE VIOLIN and RED IS BEST (praise for WICKED NIX)
About Me
Hi there! My name is Lena Coakley and I’m a young adult author living in Toronto. I wrote the YA fantasies Witchlanders and Worlds of Ink and Shadow: A novel of the Brontës and the middle grade novel, Wicked Nix.
Upcoming Events
January 31st, 2020
Join me at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference where I’ll be at the Tree Award’s breakfast on Friday and other events to be announced!
Wednesday, May 6th, 2020
Because Wicked Nix has been nominated for the Silver Birch Express Award, I’ll be presenting at a number of Tree Awards Festivals in the spring, the first of which is the wonderful Waterloo Region Forest of Reading Festival.
Friday, May 8th, 2020
I’m so excited to be participating in the London Forest of Reading Festival where I’ll be doing a writing workshop for middle-grade readers!
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
It all comes down to this–the announcement of the Silver Birch Express winners at the Toronto Forest of Reading Festival! Of course I’ll be there!!
My Books
So far I have published two YA novels, Worlds of Ink and Shadow and Witchlanders. My first middle-grade novel, Wicked Nix, is just out and has been nominated for a MYRCA Sundogs Award, a Diamond Willow Award, a Silver Birch Express Award and was named one of the best children’s books of the year by CBC Books!
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