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Erin Silver

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I'm an award-winning children's author based in Toronto. My latest titles include Sitting Shiva, Good Food, Bad Waste: Let's Eat For the Planet, and Rush Hour: Navigating Our Global Traffic Jam. My other titles include Just Watch Me, Proud to Play: Canadian LGBTQ+ athletes who made history, and What Kids Did: Stories of Kindness and Invention in the Time of COVID-19. Several more titles are forthcoming.

I have been writing professionally for nearly 20 years. My work has appeared in everything from The Washington Post and Globe and Mail to Harper’s Bazaar and Good Housekeeping, among many other North American magazines, newspapers and blogs. I also write for several corporate clients.

I have a postgraduate journalism degree and an MFA. I’m a m
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Just Watch Me!

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What Kids Did: Stories of K...

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Proud to Play

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I recently learned that my third book, Proud to Play, will be launching in January--next week, in fact! This one was originally scheduled to be released in spring 2020, but it was postponed when the pandemic hit. I was all geared up and excited for kids to read Proud to Play. It was timely and relevant--about the experience of Canadian LGBTQ athletes in professional sports. The book's publication Read more of this blog post »
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Published on January 05, 2021 11:36 Tags: homophobia, lgbtq, sports

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