Monique Polak lives in Montreal, where she spends her days doing her two favourite things: writing and teaching. In addition to being a frequent contributor to The Gazette and Canwest newspapers, Polak writes novels for young people. She has also taught English and Humanities at Marianopolis College in Montreal since 1985. Her novels Flip Turn, On the Game, All In, Finding Elmo, and Scarred were selected by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre for its Our Choice lists. All In was also nominated for an Arthur Ellis crime-writing prize, and Resource Links recently included Scarred on its Best of 2007 list.

Books by Monique Polak

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