SUSIN NIELSEN┬аgot her start writing a spec script for the popular television series┬аDegrassi Junior High. She went on to pen sixteen episodes of the hit show and four of the┬аDegrassi┬аbooks. Since then, she has received two Canadian Screenwriter Awards and a Gemini Award. She has written for many TV series, including┬аHeartland,┬аArctic Airand┬аRobson Arms, which she co-created. Her first novel,┬аWord Nerd, won four Young Readers' Choice Awards and was a finalist for the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award and the Canadian Library Association's Book of the Year Award, among others. Her second novel,┬аDear George Clooney, Please Marry My Mom, won three Young Readers' Choice Awards and is a Winner of the Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers by┬аVOYA┬аand the Gold Winner of the Book of the Year Award in Juvenile Fiction by┬аForeWord Reviews. Her third novel,┬аThe Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen, won many awards, including the Governor General's Literary Award, CLA's Book of the Year for Children Award, and three Young Readers' Choice Awards. It was also selected as one of the best fiction for young adults by the American Library Association and a Top Shelf for Middle School Readers byVOYA. Susin's latest,┬аWe Are All Made of Molecules, was shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award and longlisted for the Carnegie Medal in the US. Susin Nielsen lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with her husband and son.