# Candace Savage > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Candace_Savage > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Candace_Savage.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candace_Savage > Source revision: 1342344910 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Candace Sherk Savage** (born December 2, 1949) is a Canadian non-fiction writer. ## Early life Candace Sherk was born in [Grande Prairie](/source/Grande_Prairie), [Alberta](/source/Alberta), Canada on December 2, 1949.[1] Both of her grandmothers were born in the United States and married Canadian men. As her father was a school administrator, she moved throughout Alberta during her childhood.[2] ## Career Savage began her journalism career as a news editor of Sun Color Press and later became an editorial assistant for Co-Operative Consumer.[3] In the 1970s, Savage became a free-lance book editor with The Western Producer in Saskatoon, which piqued her interest in authoring books.[4] In the 1970s, Savage moved to Saskatoon with her husband Arthur Savage.[1] In 1977, she began to construct a biography on [Nellie McClung](/source/Nellie_McClung).[5] After her husband died, Savage moved to Edmonton and Yellowknife before returning to Saskatoon with her daughter.[1] From 1984 until 1986, she was the coordinator of information and education at the Science Institute of the Northwest Territories in [Yellowknife](/source/Yellowknife), [Northwest Territories](/source/Northwest_Territories), Canada.[3] In the 1990s, she received the [Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award](/source/Bill_Duthie_Booksellers'_Choice_Award) for her book "*Bird Brains,*" and the Science in Society Book Award from the Canadian Science Writers' Association for her book *"Aurora and Bird Brains.*"[1] In 2002, her book "*Wizards*" won the 2002 Saskatchewan Book Award.[6] In 2010, Savage was elected a Fellow of the [Royal Society of Canada](/source/Royal_Society_of_Canada).[7] Two years later, Savage wrote a *A Geography of Blood: Unearthing Memory from a Prairie Landscape,* which she called a personal memoir of her growing interest in the natural and human history of southwestern Saskatchewan. The book won the 2012 [Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction](/source/Hilary_Weston_Writers'_Trust_Prize_for_Nonfiction).[8] In 2019, while renovating her 1920s-era bungalow in Saskatoon, she discovered paraphernalia belonging to Ralph Blondin. This led her to research how Blondin's family, a Métis French-speaking family, dealt with White Supremacy and assimilated to survive. She eventually published her discoveries in a book titled "*Strangers in the House.*"[9] In 2022, she was awarded the [Matt Cohen Award](/source/Matt_Cohen_Award) by the [Writers' Trust of Canada](/source/Writers'_Trust_of_Canada).[10] ## Selected works - *Our Nell* (1979) - *Wild Mammals of Western Canada* (1981) (with Arthur Savage) - *Wonder of Canadian Birds* (1985) - *Pelicans* (1986) - *Eagles of North America* (1987) - *Wolves* (1988) - *Grizzly Bears* (1990) - *Trash Attack!* (1990) - *Get Growing!* (1991) - *Peregrine Falcons* (1992) - *Eat Up!* (1992) - *Wild Cats* (1993) - *Aurora: The Mysterious Northern Lights* (1994) - *Bird Brains: The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies and Jays* (1995) - *Cowgirls* (1996) - *The Nature of Wolves: An Intimate Portrait* (1996) - *Mother Nature: Animal Parents and their Young* (1997) - *Beauty Queens: A Playful History* (1998) - *Witch: The Wild Ride from Wicked to Wicca* (2000) - *Prairie: A Natural History* (2004) - *Curious by Nature* (2005) - *Crows: Encounters with the Wise Guys of the Avian World* (2005) - *Bees: Nature's little wonders* (2008) - *[A Geography of Blood: Unearthing Memory from a Prairie Landscape](/source/A_Geography_of_Blood:_Unearthing_Memory_from_a_Prairie_Landscape)* (2012) - *Strangers in the House: a Prairie Story of Bigotry and Belonging* (2019) ## References 1. ["SAVAGE, CANDACE (1949-)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20191205223818/https://esask.uregina.ca/entry/savage_candace_1949-.jsp). *esask.uregina.ca*. Archived from [the original](https://esask.uregina.ca/entry/savage_candace_1949-.jsp) on December 5, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019. 1. ["CANDACE SAVAGE"](https://quillandquire.com/authors/candace-savage-discovered-a-shameful-period-in-canadian-history-following-clues-in-her-own-home/). *quillandquire.com*. 16 September 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019. 1. ["SAVAGE, Candace (M.) 1949-"](https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/savage-candace-m-1949). *encyclopedia.com*. Retrieved December 5, 2019. 1. ["Interview with Candace Savage Sheila Lavender"](http://yfbta.com/interview_with_candace_savage.htm). *yfbta.com*. Retrieved December 5, 2019. 1. ["Biography to come"](https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-oct-08-1977-1459954/). *Medicine Hat News*. October 8, 1977. 1. ["2002 Saskatchewan Book Awards Recipient: Candace Savage"](http://bookcentre.ca/book-review/2002_saskatchewan_book_awards_recipient_candace_savage). *bookcentre.ca*. Retrieved December 5, 2019. 1. ["THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA (RSC) NEW FELLOWS 2010"](https://web.archive.org/web/20171025022229/https://www.mcgill.ca/mse/files/mse/RSC_NF_Citations_EN_FINAL_000.pdf). *mcgill.ca*. 2010. Archived from [the original](https://www.mcgill.ca/mse/files/mse/RSC_NF_Citations_EN_FINAL_000.pdf) on October 25, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2019. 1. Barber, John (November 12, 2012). ["Candace Savage's A Geography of Blood wins $60,000 Hilary Weston prize"](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/candace-savages-a-geography-of-blood-wins-60000-hilary-weston-prize/article5215416/). The Globe and Mail. Retrieved December 5, 2019. 1. Carter, Sue (September 19, 2019). ["Candace Savage plays detective about disgraceful era in Canadian history in new book"](https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2019/09/19/candace-savage-plays-detective-about-disgraceful-era-in-canadian-history-in-new-book.html). Toronto Star. Retrieved December 5, 2019. 1. Deborah Dundas, ["Writers’ Trust 2022 book award winners collect $270,000 in prizes"](https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2022/11/02/writers-trust-2022-book-award-winners-collect-270000-in-prizes.html). *[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)*, November 2, 2022. ## External links - [Official website](http://candacesavage.ca) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Candace Savage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candace_Savage) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candace_Savage?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.