David A. Poulsen novel, The Dark Won't Wait, (published by Red Deer Press) is nominated for Best Juvenile / YA Crime Book sponsored by Superior Shores Press with a $250 prize.
David A. Poulsen has been a broadcaster, teacher, football coach, rodeo cowboy, stage and film actor, and--most of all--writer. His writing career began in earnest when his story The Welcomin’ won the 1984 Alberta Culture Short Story Competition. He is now the author of 33 books, many for middle readers and young adults. The 2012 winner of the Sakura Medal in Japan for his YA novel, Numbers, David’s most recent book is The Dark Won’t Wait, a teen thriller/mystery that has been short-listed for a Crime Writers Canada Award of Excellence. David is approaching 3000 school presentations as a visiting author/presenter. “I never tire of sharing my love for reading and writing with kids of all ages.”