Biography

PROFESSIONAL CREDITS

R. J. (Rebecca Joan) Anderson is a Canadian author of fantasy and science fiction for older children and teens.

Her debut novel Knife, which has sold more than 80,000 copies worldwide, was a Canadian Library Association (CLA) Honour Book and won the Concorde Book Award in the UK, while her teen thriller Ultraviolet was shortlisted for both the Sunburst Award in Canada and the prestigious Andre Norton (Nebula) award in the US. Her latest traditionally published release is the Flight and Flame Trilogy, beginning with the first-ever US editions of Swift and Nomad (formerly published only in the UK) and wrapping up with a brand-new third book, Torch, in 2021.

In 2023 she also self-published a collection of short stories for long-time readers of her faery books called Tales From the Oakenwyld.

PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY

Born in Kampala, Uganda and raised in various parts of Ontario, R.J. (Rebecca) Anderson has spent much of her life dreaming of other worlds entirely.

The daughter of a preacher who read Tolkien and Lewis aloud to his children and left George MacDonald books in her Christmas stocking, Rebecca grew up daydreaming about Narnia and Middle-Earth, watching Doctor Who from behind the sofa, and hanging out in her brothers’ comic book shop. Now she writes novels about knife-wielding faeries, weird science, and the numinous in the everyday world.

She lives with her husband, three sons, and two very spoiled cats in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.