<b>Кевин Сэндс</b> – канадский писатель. Родился в Торонто, после побега из университета с парой степеней в области теоретической физики, Кевин Сэндс работал исследователем, бизнес-консультантом и преподавателем. Автор бестселлера «Ключ Блэкторна». Его пятая книга , Клинок предателя, выходит 11 мая.<br/>Награды:<br/>2016 E. B. White Read-Aloud Award Honor Book, Middle Reader<br/>2015 Cybils Awards Winner, Middle Grade Fiction<br/>2015 Parents’ Choice Book Awards: Fiction, Gold<br/>2016 John Spray Mystery Award Winner<br/>2016 IODE Violet Downey Award Winner<br/>2017 Geoffrey Bilson Award Winner<br/>2017 Red Cedar Award Winner<br/>2016 Edgar Awards Finalist, Best Juvenile<br/>2018 Edgar Awards Finalist, Best Juvenile<br/>2016 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize Finalist, Younger Fiction<br/>2016 CLA Book of the Year for Children Award Finalist<br/>2016 Arthur Ellis Award Finalist, Best Juvenile/YA<br/>2015 Koreyoma Awards, Grand Prize Winner<br/>2015 AudioFile Earphones Award Winner<br/>2016 Dudley Teen Book Award Silver Medal<br/>Kirkus Reviews Best Children’s Books of 2015, Middle-Grade<br/>ALA Notable Books for Children 2016, Middle Readers<br/>OLA Best Bets for Children, 2015<br/>Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2015, Fiction for Older Readers<br/>National Post Best Books of 2015<br/>Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year, 2016<br/>Junior Library Guild Selection, Fall 2015<br/>Chapters/Indigo National Staff Pick of the Month, October 2015<br/>2017 Texas Lone Star Reading List<br/>2016-2017 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award Master List Selection<br/>2016-2017 Tome Society It List<br/>2016-2017 Maine Student Book Award List<br/>2016-2017 Utah Beehive Award Nominee for Children’s Fiction<br/>2016-2017 Great Stone Face Children's Book Award Nominee<br/>2016-2017 Keystone to Reading Book Award Nominee<br/>2016-2017 North Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee, Middle School<br/>2017-2018 Massachusetts Children's Book Award Nominee<br/>2018 Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award Nominee<br/>2018 PNLA Young Reader's Choice Award Nominee<br/>2018 Sasquatch Book Award Nominee<br/>2016 Wisconsin State Just One More Page List<br/>2016 Kansas State Reading Circle List<br/>2017 Silver Birch Award Honour Book<br/>2017 Rocky Mountain Book Award Nominee<br/>2017 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award Honour Book<br/>2018 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee<br/>2018 Sakura Medal, Middle School Nominee<br/>2016 North Somerset Teachers' Book Award Longlist<br/>Indie Next List, Autumn 2015<br/>Publisher’s Weekly Flying Start, Fall 2015<br/>Kirkus Reviews Starred Review<br/>School Library Journal Starred Review<br/>Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review<br/>Booklist Starred Review<br/></p>