Book Prizes Gala, slated for the Renaissance Vancouver Harbourside Hotel on May 3. Pearson was selected for the honour by a jury composed of children’s author Sarah Ellis, CBC producer Sheila Peacock, and Munro’s Books manager Jessica Walker. Kit Pearson is a beloved and prolific Canadian childrens writer whose past work includes A Day of Signs and Wonders and Awake and Dreaming.

These have been highly popular with what is arguably one of the more discerning audiences for fiction, who commit fully to books they like, and who can smell condescension from storytellers a mile away. BEARSON: I love writing books like the books I read as a child. An Edmonton native who grew up in Vancouver, the 66-year-old author has specialized in historical Canadian settings for her stories, such as her Guests of War trilogy from the late ’80s and early ’90s, about children evacuated from Britain to Canada during the Second World War. PEARSON: I dont think it has directly affected my writing. The prize and its $5,000 purse recognize Pearson’s long-time “mastery in that most traditional of genres, the novel for young readers”, the WCBPS media release states. Be My Love by Kit Pearson, 2020, HarperCollins Publishers edition, in English. For as long as she can remember, Maisie has spent her summers on Kingfisher Island.

Book Prizes, announced today that Kit Pearson is this year’s winner of the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence. Be My Love Paperback Januby Kit Pearson (Author) 1 rating See all formats and editions Kindle 11.99 Read with Our Free App Paperback 10.50 1 New from 10.50 One summer will change everything. The West Coast Book Prize Society, organizers of the annual B.C.