Chad Lucas

Chad Lucas has been in love with words since he attempted his first novel on a typewriter in the sixth grade. He has worked as a journalist, communications director, freelance writer and parenting columnist. His debut middle grade novel, THANKS A LOT, UNIVERSE won the Ann Connor Brimer Award for Atlantic Canadian Children’s Literature and was named a best middle grade book of 2021 by the School Library Journal, New York Public Library, and Canadian Children’s Book Centre. His second book, LET THE MONSTER OUT, was shortlisted for a Red Maple Award and the Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Awards. His newest release, YOU OWE ME ONE, UNIVERSE, is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.