Maxine Trottier


Maxine Trottier is an American-born Canadian educator and writer. She currently lives in Newfoundland.
She was born in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan and moved with her family to Windsor, Ontario when she was 10. She became a Canadian citizen in 1970. She graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a degree in education. Trottier taught elementary school for 31 years.
She writes books for young people. Her book Claire's Gift received the. The Tiny Kite of Eddie Wing won the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award.
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.

Selected works