Jessica Dee Humphreys

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

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