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Jessica Dee Humphreys
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Jessica Dee Humphreys (left) with Michel Chikwanine and General Romeo Dallaire
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| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto (HonB.A), Queen's University (M.A.) |
| Notable works | Child Soldier and Waiting for First Light |
Jessica Dee Humphreys is a Canadian author. She writes about important topics like helping people around the world, military issues, and stories for children.
Education and Early Work
Jessica Dee Humphreys studied English Literature and Linguistics. She earned her first degree from the University of Toronto in 1997. The next year, she got her Master's degree from Queen's University.
After her studies, she worked as an intern at the United Nations Development Fund for Women in New York. This organization helps women around the world.
Books and Writing Career
Jessica Humphreys has written several books. Two of her books are for children. They are called Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls are Used in War and The International Day of the Girl: Celebrating Girls Around the World. The second book has a special introduction by Rona Ambrose.
She has also written three books with Roméo Dallaire. These books are The Peace, Waiting for First Light: My Ongoing Battle with PTSD, and They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children.
Besides her books, Jessica Humphreys has written parts of other books. She also wrote for the Toronto Star newspaper from 2020 to 2023.
Awards and Recognition
Jessica Humphreys's books have won many awards and received special recognition.
- In 2022, she was nominated for the Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading Award.
- She won the Skipping Stones Honour Award in 2021 and 2016.
- In 2017, she received the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading Red Maple Award for children's non-fiction.
- Her book was named a "Best Bet for Junior Non-Fiction" by the Ontario Library Association in 2015.
- She also received the Children’s Literature Roundtable of Canada Honour Book of 2016.
Her books have also received positive reviews from School Library Journal and Quill and Quire. She was nominated for several other awards, including:
- The 2016 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids
- The 2016 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction
- The 2016 Canadian Library Association’s Book of the Year for Children
- The Joe Shuster Dragon Award
- The 2016-2017 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award
- The Young Adult Library Services Association's ‘Great Graphic Novel for Teens 2016’
- The American Library Association’s 2016 Notable Children’s Book
- The 2017 Forest of Reading Golden Oak award for non-fiction
Her book Waiting for First Light was considered for the Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. It was also longlisted for CBC's Canada Reads competition. Her work was featured on the National Post's list of Best Books of 2016. It was also on the 2010 Globe and Mail's Top 100: Non-fiction list.
