Carol Matas is a Canadian writer. She has had more than fifty books for young people published over several decades, including science fiction, fantasy, historical, contemporary, realistic fiction, historical fiction and foods science. Her novels often reflect a Jewish perspective, and her best-known are set during the Holocaust. Her books have been highly honored, including having been shortlisted for the Governor General's Awards twice.
Career Matas' book A Struggle for Hope was launched as part of the first Holocaust Education Week in Winnipeg in November 2021.
On November 10, 2025, during Holocaust Education Month, Matas held the public launch of her book A Storm Unleashed, organised by the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada, at which the Minister of Education and Childhood Learning Tracy Schmidt announced that Manitoba was implementing a mandatory Holocaust education curriculum for grades 6, 9, and 11. A Storm Unleashed is the only novel in the grade 6 portion of the curriculum.
Matas is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Bibliography After the War Cloning Miranda (1999) The Second Clone (2001) The Dark Clone (2005) Of Two Minds (with Perry Nodelman) More Minds (with Perry Nodelman) Out of their Minds (with Perry Nodelman) A Meeting of Minds (with Perry Nodelman) The Freak The Garden Jesper Kris's War (formerly Code Name Kris) Lisa's War Past Crimes (2007) Sparks Fly Upward Visions The War Within Daniel's Story The Primrose Path Footsteps in the Snow: The Red River Diary of Isobel Scott (part of Dear Canada series) Turned Away: The World War II Diary of Devorah Bernstein (part of Dear Canada series) A Season for Miracles: Twelve Tales of Christmas (contributor, part of Dear Canada series) Pieces of the Past: The Holocaust Diary of Rose Rabinowitz (part of Dear Canada series) A Time for Giving: Ten Tales of Christmas (contributor, part of Dear Canada series) Behind Enemy Lines: World War II, Sam Frederiksen (part of I Am Canada series) Greater Than Angels The Lost Locket In my Enemy's House Past Crimes (Fictive Press, 2020) Cloning Miranda (Fictive Press, 2017) Tucson Jo (Fictive Press, 2014), National Jewish Book Awards Finalist When I Die: A meditation on death for children & their families (Fictive Press, 2013) A Struggle for Hope (Scholastic Canada, 2021) A Storm Unleashed (Scholastic Canada, 2025)
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External links
Carol Matas' official website