Jessica Dee Humphreys

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Jessica Dee Humphreys is a Canadian writer and researcher specializing in international humanitarian, military, and children's issues. Co-author of two books with Roméo Dallaire (Waiting for First Light: My Ongoing Battle with PTSD[1] and They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children[2][3]), she has also published a graphic novel for children, Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls are Used in War.[4][5][6] As an author, she has been collected by libraries,[7] and her work has appeared in periodicals such as The Globe and Mail,[8] the New York Times,[9] the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action magazine,[10] and The Beaver, Canada's History Magazine.[11]

Education

Humphreys received her Honours Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Linguistics from the University of Toronto in 1997,[12] and the following year received her Master of Arts degree in English Literature from Queens University.[13] She then held an internship at the United Nations Development Fund for Women in New York.[14]

Awards and recognition

Humphreys' work has received numerous recognitions, including the Globe and Mail's 2010 100 Best Books,[15] the 2015 Best Bet for Junior Non-Fiction from the Ontario Library Association,[16] the 2016 Skipping Stones Honour Award,[17] starred reviews from the School Library Journal[18] and Quill and Quire,[19] plus nominations for the 2016 Eisner Award,[20] the 2016 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction,[21] and the 2017 Forest of Reading Red Maple award for non-fiction.[22]

Publications

  • Co author with Roméo Dallaire Waiting for First Light, Random House Canada 2016 ISBN 978-0-345-81443-2
  • Co author with Michel Chikwanine Child Soldier, Kids Can Press 2015 ISBN 978-1-77138-126-0
  • To Three and Beyond (contributor), 2014 ISBN 978-1-939807-16-8
  • Co author with Roméo Dallaire They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children, Vintage Canada 2010 ISBN 978-0-307-35577-5

References

  1. ^ "Waiting for First Light". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  2. ^ Nutt, Samantha. "The 2010 Globe 100: Non-fiction". The Globe and Mail.
  3. ^ Lorey, David E., and William H. Beezley. "Genocide, Collective Violence and Popular Memory: The Politics of Remembrance in the Twentieth Century (Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 2002); Roméo Dallaire with Jessica Dee Humphreys." They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children: The Global Quest to Eradicate the Use of Child Soldiers.
  4. ^ "Children's Book Review: Child Soldier". publishersweekly.com. June 29, 2015. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  5. ^ "Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls are Used in War by Michel Chikwanine & Jessica Dee Humphreys". slj.com. July 20, 2015. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  6. ^ Gurdon, Meg (24 December 2015). "Children's Books: When Children Truly Ranged Free". Wall Street Journal.
  7. ^ "Humphreys, Jessica Dee". worldcat.org. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  8. ^ Humphreys, Jessica Dee (18 March 2005). "Bands of gold offer rich tales previously untiold". No. Page A18. Globe and Mail. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  9. ^ Humphreys, Jessica Dee (May 11, 2014). "Wedding Album". New York Times. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  10. ^ Humphreys, Jessica Dee (April 1, 2015). ""Normal or Radical?"". World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action. 13 (1): 9. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  11. ^ Humphreys, Jessica Dee (1 October 2004). ""Remembering D-Day"". The Beaver, Canada's History Magazine. October/November: 57.
  12. ^ "Careers, Authors, Honours". Vic Report, Winter 2016. XLVI (2). Victoria University in the University of Toronto: 12. March 27, 2016. Her graduation date is given as "9T7", standing for 1997.
  13. ^ "Jessica Dee Humphreys -- Author -- Kids Can Press". www.kidscanpress.com.
  14. ^ "Progress of the World's Women -- International Museum of Women". exhibitions.globalfundforwomen.org.
  15. ^ "The 2010 Globe 100: Non-fiction". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  16. ^ "Ontario Library Association's Best Bets 2015" (PDF).
  17. ^ "The 2016 Skipping Stones Honor Awards".
  18. ^ "Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls are Used in War by Michel Chikwanine & Jessica Dee Humphreys | SLJ Review". School Library Journal. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  19. ^ "Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War | Quill and Quire". Quill and Quire. 5 August 2015.
  20. ^ "2016 Eisner Award Nominees". Comic-Con International: San Diego. 18 April 2016.
  21. ^ "Finalists Announced for the 2016 Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards - Canadian Children's Book Centre". Canadian Children's Book Centre. 15 September 2016.
  22. ^ "OLA announces 2017 Forest of Reading nominees | Quill and Quire". Quill and Quire. 20 October 2016.
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