Biography
Tanya Lloyd Kyi is the author of more than thirty books for children and young adults. She writes about science, pop culture and places where the two overlap. Her recent projects include Our Green City, This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes, and the middle grade novels Me and Banksy and Mya’s Strategy to Save the World. Tanya is also a lecturer with the UBC School of Creative Writing. #Her favorite meal is breakfast, her favorite color is blue and her favorite children’s book is A Wrinkle in Time. When she’s not writing, she hikes, plays tennis and bakes brownies.#Tanya lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with her husband, Min. They have two teenagers and a small, mischievous puppy.
Awards
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The Best Way to Get Your Way
2024 - Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award, Hackmatack, Short-listed
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Our Green City
2023 - Green Earth Book Award, The Nature Generation, Commended
2022 - Blueberry Changemakers Book, Evanston Public Library, Commended
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Snoozefest
2023 - AAAS/Subaru Book Prize for Excellence in Science Books, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Short-listed
2023 - Yellow Cedar Award, Ontario Library Association, Short-listed
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This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes
2022 - Red Cedar Book Award, BC Young Reader's Choice, Commended
2022 - Yellow Cedar Award, Ontario Library Association, Commended
2021 - Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction, The Canadian Children`s Book Centre, Commended
2020 - Best Informational Books for Older Readers of 2020, Chicago Public Library, Winner
2020 - Books of the Year: Books for Young People, Quill & Quire, Winner
2020 - Children`s Book Award, Science Writers and Communicators of Canada, Commended
2020 - Middle-Grade Nonfiction Award, Cybils Awards, Commended
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Under Pressure
2021 - Forest of Reading Yellow Cedar Award, Ontario Library Association, Commended
2021 - Middle Grades Science Book Award, AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize, Commended
Non-fiction
Feeling Your Feelings, 2025
The Best Way to Get Your Way, 2023
Our Green City, 2022
Snoozefest, 2021
This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes, 2020
Under Pressure, 2019