Anita Yasuda is the Horn Book Honor Award-winning author of the Caldecott Honor title Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life In The Mountains,  as well as many other books for young readers. She has also received a Freeman Book Award of Note, a Crystal Kite Award, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection, been named a finalist for the Jane Addams Book Award, and been nominated for the Forest of Reading Yellow Cedar Award.

 

She earned her honours degree in East Asian and South Asian studies at the University of Toronto, Victoria College, and her Montessori Casa and Early Childhood qualifications at the Association Montessori International (AMI) Institute in Vancouver, British Columbia. After graduating, Anita taught at Montessori, international, and private schools in Japan and Canada, worked as a freelance magazine writer, and authored over a hundred books for educational publishers. She is a member of CANSCAIP and SCBWI and co-hosts SCBWI Canada-East BIPOC Talk.

 

Anita lives in the rolling hills of Ontario. Her dog Lenny keeps her company as she writes stories at her desk or on long hikes in the woods. When she is not writing, Anita speaks at schools, libraries, and festivals across North America and Asia.  

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Anita is represented by Lori Steel at SteelWorksLiterary