Norah McClintock (March 11, 1952 – February 6, 2017) was a Canadian writer of young adult fiction who published more than 60 books. She won five Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence.
Biography McClintock was born March 11, 1952, in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, where she also grew up. She received a Bachelor of Arts in history and a graduate degree in medieval history from McGill University. She later lived in Toronto. She was a member of the Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators, and Performers and Crime Writers of Canada.
McClintock married Herman Rosenfeld and had two daughters: Quinn and Brooke.
She died of ovarian cancer on February 6, 2017.
Awards and honours Hit and Run and I, Witness are Junior Library Guild books.
1990s +Awards for McClintock's writing, 1990–1999YearTitleCategoryResultRef.1995Jack's BackManitoba Young Readers’ Choice AwardNominee1996Mistaken IdentityCrime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence: Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime BookWinner"Wright wins book award". The Globe and Mail, May 30, 1996.1998Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence: Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime BookWinner"Deverell wins top crime-writing prize for Trial of Passion". The Globe and Mail, May 22, 1998.Forest of Reading Red Maple AwardFinalistMistaken IdentityManitoba Young Readers’ Choice AwardNominee1999Sins of the FatherCrime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence: Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime BookWinner"Crime does pay for novelists". Ottawa Citizen, May 28, 1999.Forest of Reading Red Maple AwardFinalist
2000s +Awards for McClintock's writing, 2000–2009YearTitleCategoryResultRef.2000 Body in the BasementManitoba Young Readers’ Choice AwardNomineePassword: MurderForest of Reading Red Maple AwardFinalist2001Over the EdgeForest of Reading Red Maple AwardFinalist2002Scared to DeathCrime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence: Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime BookWinner"Crime and mystery writers get Ellis awards". Guelph Mercury, June 14, 2002.2003Break and EnterCrime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence: Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime BookWinner"James Nichol wins Arthur Ellis award for first crime novel: 20th anniversary of awards for crime novels". Moose Jaw Times-Herald, June 5, 2003.Scared to DeathManitoba Young Readers’ Choice AwardNominee2004Break and EnterManitoba Young Readers’ Choice AwardNomineeHit and RunForest of Reading Red Maple AwardWinner2005Dead and GoneForest of Reading Red Maple AwardFinalistNo EscapeManitoba Young Readers’ Choice AwardNominee2007Dooley Takes The FallWhite Pine AwardNomineeNot a Trace SeriesForest of Reading Red Maple AwardFinalistTellQuick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult ReadersSelection2008Bang!Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult ReadersSelectionDown!Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult ReadersSelection2009Out of the ColdForest of Reading Red Maple AwardWinnerManitoba Young Readers’ Choice AwardNominee
2010s +Awards for McClintock's writing, 2010–2019YearTitleCategoryResultRef.2010BackCrime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence: Best Juvenile Crime BookNomineeChange of HeartCrime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence: Best Juvenile Crime BookNomineeHomicide RelatedCrime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence: Best Juvenile Crime BookShortlistNowhere to TurnCrime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence: Best Juvenile Crime BookNomineePicture ThisCrime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence: Best Juvenile Crime BookNomineeTakenCrime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence: Best Juvenile Crime BookNominee2011In Too DeepCrime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence: Best Juvenile Crime BookNomineeMaskedCrime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence: Best Juvenile Crime BookNomineeSomething to Prove Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence: Best Juvenile Crime BookNomineeTakenManitoba Young Readers’ Choice AwardWinnerVictim RightsCrime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence: Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime BookShortlistReLit AwardsLonglist2012She Said/She SawCrime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence: Best Juvenile Crime BookNomineeQuick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult ReadersSelection2013GuiltyQuick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult ReadersSelection2014Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice AwardNominee2015About That NightCrime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence: Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime BookShortlistJohn Spray Mystery AwardFinalist2016My Life Before MeCrime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence: Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime BookNomineeTru DetectiveCrime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence: Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime BookNominee2017Trial by FireCrime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence: Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime BookShortlist2018Out of TuneCrime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence: Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime BookNomineeSlideManitoba Young Readers’ Choice AwardNominee
Publications
Standalone mystery novels
End of the Line, RFP Publications, 1981. Shakespeare and Legs, Scholastic Canada, 1987. Sixty-four, Sixty-five, McClelland & Stewart, 1989. The Stepfather Game, Scholastic Canada, 1990. The Stepfather Game was revised and published as part of the "Chloe and Levesque" series as The Third Degree, 2005. Jack's Back, Scholastic Canada, 1992. Mistaken Identity, Scholastic Canada, 1995. The Body in the Basement, Scholastic Canada, 1997. Sins of the Father, Scholastic Canada, 1998. Password: Murder, Scholastic Canada, 1999. Snitch, Orca Book Publishers, 2005. Tell, Orca Book Publishers, 2006. Seeing and Believing, Scholastic Canada, 2006. Bang, Orca Book Publishers, 2007.
Chloe and Levesque series The Chloe and Levesque series was published by Scholastic Canada.
Over the Edge, 2000. Double Cross, 2000. Scared to Death, 2000. Break and Enter, 2002. No Escape, 2003. Not a Trace, 2005.
Mike and Riel series
Hit and Run, 2003. Truth and Lies, 2004. Dead and Gone, 2004.
Robyn Hunter series
Last Chance, 2006. You Can Run, 2006. Nothing to Lose, 2007. Out of the Cold, 2007. Shadow of Doubt, 2008. Nowhere to Turn, 2009. Change of Heart, 2009. In Too Deep, 2010. At the Edge, 2013.
Ryan Dooley Series 2007 — Dooley Takes The Fall 2009 — Homicide Related
References
External links
Norah McClintock at publisher Scholastic Canada