# Arthur Slade > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arthur_Slade > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arthur_Slade.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Slade > Source revision: 1298664389 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Canadian author (born 1967)}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2015}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2013}} '''Arthur Gregory Slade''' (born July 9, 1967 in [Moose Jaw](/source/Moose_Jaw), [Saskatchewan](/source/Saskatchewan)) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) author. A resident of [Saskatoon](/source/Saskatoon), he was raised on a ranch in the [Cypress Hills](/source/Cypress_Hills_(Canada)) and began writing in [high school](/source/high_school). He attended the [University of Saskatchewan](/source/University_of_Saskatchewan) in Saskatoon and received an English Honours degree in 1989. His first short story was published that same year. He then worked as a [night auditor](/source/night_auditor) at a hotel for several months and as a copywriter for a radio station in Saskatoon for several years. Slade became a full-time writer after the publication of his first novel for middle years, ''Draugr'', followed by others such as ''Dust'' and ''Tribes''. His novel ''Dust'' received the [Governor General's Award for Children's Literature](/source/Governor_General's_Award_for_English-language_children's_literature) in 2001, and ''The Hunchback Assignments'' won the [TD Canadian Children's Literature Award](/source/TD_Canadian_Children's_Literature_Award) in 2010.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/sask-man-writers-win-for-children-s-books-1.953779 "Sask., Man. writers win for children's books"]. [cbc.ca](/source/cbc.ca), November 11, 2010. ==List of published works== ===The Northern Frights series=== *''[Draugr](/source/Draugr_(novel))'' (1997) *''[The Haunting of Drang Island](/source/The_Haunting_of_Drang_Island)'' (1998) *''[The Loki Wolf](/source/The_Loki_Wolf)'' (2000) ===The Canadian Chills series=== *''[Return of the Grudstone Ghosts](/source/Return_of_the_Grudstone_Ghosts)'' (2002) *''[Ghost Hotel](/source/Ghost_Hotel)'' (2004) *''[Invasion of the IQ Snatchers](/source/Invasion_of_the_IQ_Snatchers)'' (2007) ===The Hunchback Assignments series=== *''[The Hunchback Assignments](/source/The_Hunchback_Assignments)'' (2009) *''[The Dark Deeps](/source/The_Dark_Deeps)'' (2010) *''[Empire of Ruins](/source/Empire_of_Ruins)'' (2011) *''[Island of Doom](/source/Island_of_Doom)'' (July 2012) ===Biographies=== *''[John Diefenbaker: an Appointment with Destiny](/source/John_Diefenbaker%3A_an_Appointment_with_Destiny)'' (2000) ===Stand-alone books=== *''[Dust](/source/Dust_(Slade_novel))'' (2001) *''Tribes'' (2002) *''[Monsterology](/source/Monsterology_(novel))'' (2005) *''[Megiddo's Shadow](/source/Megiddo's_Shadow)'' (2006) *''[Jolted](/source/Jolted)'' (2008) ===Comics=== *''[Hallowed Knight](/source/Hallowed_Knight)'' (1997) issues #1–3. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.arthurslade.com/ Arthur Slade's website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930020624/http://www.harpercollins.ca/global_scripts/product_catalog/author_xml.asp?authorid=CA186 HarperCollins Canada site] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060917094100/http://www.harpercollins.ca/trailers/trailer0006395686.html Video trailer] for ''Meggido's Shadow'' *{{ISFDB name|id=Arthur_Slade|name=Arthur Slade}} *[http://www.bookreviewsandmore.ca/2010/09/arthur-slade-cover-art.html Visual Bibliography at BookReviewsAndMore.ca] *[http://www.bookreviewsandmore.ca/2010/10/arthur-slade-author-profile.html Arthur Slade interview at BookReviewsAndMore.ca] {{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}} {{Governor General's English children's literature|state=collapsed}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Slade, Arthur}} Category:Canadian children's writers Category:Canadian fantasy writers Category:21st-century Canadian biographers Category:Canadian male biographers Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:People from Moose Jaw Category:Governor General's Award–winning children's writers Category:20th-century Canadian novelists Category:20th-century Canadian male writers Category:21st-century Canadian novelists Category:21st-century Canadian male writers Category:Canadian male novelists Category:Novelists from Saskatchewan --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Arthur Slade](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Slade) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Slade?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.