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Kyo Maclear is an essayist, editor, novelist, and children’s author. She was born in London, England, and moved to Toronto, Canada when she was four years old. Maclear completed a B.A. in fine arts and an M.A. in cultural studies at the University of Toronto and holds a doctorate in environmental humanities from York University. Maclear’s works have been translated into eighteen languages, published in over twenty-five countries, and received nominations for several awards including the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction and Governor General’s Literary Awards. In 2023, Maclear was awarded the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People for her body of work in children’s literature. She teaches writing at the University of Guelph Creative Writing MFA and Humber School for Writers.