American-born Canadian educator and writer
Maxine Trottier (born May 3, 1950) is an American-born Canadian educator and writer. 
Biography.
Trottier was born May 3, 1950 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. She immigrated with her family to Windsor, Ontario when she was 10 years old and became a Canadian citizen in 1970 at age 20. She graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a degree in education and taught elementary school for 31 years.
Trottier published her debut novel, "Alison's House", in 1993 and has since published over thirty books, many of which have been published in French. She is known for writing about the history of Canada. She draws on her own mixed racial heritage as a descendant of Métis ancestors. Many of her books feature bilingual English/Mi'kmaq texts.
Her book "Claire's Gift" received the Mr. Christie's Book Award. "The Tiny Kite of Eddie Wing" won the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award. 
Trottier currently lives in Newfoundland.
Awards and honours.
The following are Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Awards selections: "Alison's House" (1993),"" "The Voyage of Wood Duck" (1995), and "Heartsong" (1997).""
"Sister to the Wolf" is a 2006 ALSC Notable Children's Book.
"Migrant" is a Junior Library Guild and USBBY Outstanding International Books List selection. "The New York Times" included it on their list of the then best illustrated children's books of 2011, and it is a 2012 ALSC Notable Children's Book.
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