MELANIE SIEBERT

ABOUT MELANIE SIEBERT

Melanie Siebert's first poetry collection, Deepwater Vee (M&S), was a finalist for Canada's Governor General's Literary Award. Her book for young readers Heads Up: Changing Minds on Mental Health won the Lane Anderson Award for best science writing in Canada and was a finalist for the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize.

Melanie completed an MFA at the University of Victoria where she received the Lieutenant Governor's Silver Medal for her master's thesis. She has worked as a wilderness guide on remote rivers in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Alaska for decades. Melanie’s has had work published in Canadian Geographic, The Globe and Mail, and The Walrus and her poems have been included in various anthologies, including Best Canadian Poetry in English, Thinking With Water, and Force Field: 77 Women Poets of BC.