Alison Hughes, "The Late Show"

It’s December 14. Welcome back to the Kids’ Short Story Advent Calendar—a box set full of excitement and mystery for younger readers to enjoy on the days counting down to Christmas.

Learn more about today’s author:

Alison Hughes has published 17 books for young people, with translations into Dutch, Korean, Turkish and French. She has won the Writers’ Union Writing for Children Award and has been a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Awards, the Alberta Literary Awards, and nine times for provincial children’s choice awards. Her short fiction has been short- and long-listed for the Writers’ Union Short Fiction Competition and the CBC Literary Awards. Hughes works as a writing advisor/editor at the University of Alberta.

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