John Lekich is an award-winning journalist, essayist and author whose work has appeared in a wide variety of publications, including the Hollywood Reporter, the Los Angeles Times and the Globe and Mail. He is the author of several novels for young adult readers, including The Prisoner of Snowflake Falls, King of the Lost and Found and The Losers’ Club, which was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award. John lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
BOOKS:
The Losers' Club (Annick, 2002)
The Savvy Teen's Guide to Great Movies (Annick, 2002)
Plan B: One Man's Journey from Tragedy to Triumph (Wiley, 2004)
King of the Lost and Found (Raincoast, 2007) $11.95 978-1-55192-802-9
The Prisoner of Snowflake Falls (Orca, 2012) $12.95 978-1-55469-978-0 $12.95
Murder at the Hotel Hopeless (Orca, 2022) $10.95 9781459833494
[BCBW 2022] "Kidlit" "Biography"
BOOKS:
The Losers' Club (Annick, 2002)
The Savvy Teen's Guide to Great Movies (Annick, 2002)
Plan B: One Man's Journey from Tragedy to Triumph (Wiley, 2004)
King of the Lost and Found (Raincoast, 2007) $11.95 978-1-55192-802-9
The Prisoner of Snowflake Falls (Orca, 2012) $12.95 978-1-55469-978-0 $12.95
Murder at the Hotel Hopeless (Orca, 2022) $10.95 9781459833494
[BCBW 2022] "Kidlit" "Biography"
Articles: 2 Articles for this author
The Loser’s Club (Annick $10.95), Reel Adventures (Annick $10.95)
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"Winston must have held the grade-nine record for being stuffed into his locker. He refers to it as his 'tin can condo.' He even has a pillow in there with a special loop so it can hang on a coat hook-just in case the janitor takes a little longer than usual with the hacksaw.";
But for kids like Winston, there's hope. Nicknamed 'Savior Sherwood.' Alex Sherwood has taken it upon himself to defend all the kids being bullied, robbed and generally made to feel miserable in John Lekich's teen novel The Loser's Club (Annick $10.95).
Also by Lekich is Reel Adventures (Annick $10.95). With succinct write-ups and theme summaries, the teen movie guide covers films from Harry Potter to the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Complete with an index, it features gossip about Hollywood actors, such as this tidbit about Jim Carrey: "For years, the struggling comedian kept a cheque in his wallet, which he had made out to himself for the amount of $20 million. He reportedly stopped carrying the cheque around the time he actually earned $20 million from The Cable Guy."; John Lekich lives in Vancouver.
Loser 1-55037-752-3; Reel 1-55037-735-3
The Loser’s Club (Annick)
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John Lekich's The Loser's Club (Annick) was shortlisted for Book of the Year by the LA-based book mag ForeWord, The White Pine Award, Canadian Library Association's YA Book of the Year and the Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award. Most recently The Losers' Club was nominated for the best Young Adult Book of 2004 by the American Library Association. Foreign rights have been sold to Macmillan in the UK and Bayard Jeunesse in France. 1-55037-752-3
[SUMMER 2003 BCBW]