Martha Brooks was born in 1944 and grew up in Ninette, Manitoba. In addition to her books and plays for young adults, Brooks is a jazz singer and her first CD, Change of Heart, won the Prairie Music award for Outstanding Jazz Album of 2002. Brooks lives in Winnipeg.

Books by Martha Brooks

	1982 A Hill for Looking
	1988 Paradise Cafe and other stories
	1991 Two Moons in August
	1994 Traveling on into the Light and Other Stories
	1995 I Met a Bully on the Hill (play)
	1996 Andrew's Tree (play)
	1997 Bone Dance
	1999 Being with Henry
	2002 True Confessions of a Heartless Girl On a rainy night, a 17-year-old girl arrives in a small prairie town.
	2007 Mistik Lake
	2010 Queen of Hearts
	2014 Winter Moon Song
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Awards

• Governor General's Literary Award: Children's Literature
  • 1988 – Paradise Café and Other Stories – Shortlisted
  • 1991 – Two Moons in August – Shortlisted
  • 2000 – Being with Henry – Shortlisted
  • 2002 – True Confessions of a Heartless Girl – Winner

• Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
  • 2007 Winner

• White Pine Award
  • 2003 – True Confessions of a Heartless Girl – Shortlisted

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Added 25 March 2006.
Updated 01 March 2015.