The purpose of the Surrey Board of Trade Special Achievement Award is to honor writers who have made a significant achievement in their writing careers during the past year.ġ.

In a literate society, cultures and peoples are best remembered by the stories that survive them,” said Anita Huberman, CEO, Surrey Board of Trade. “We have an interest in the business of writing and publishing.

The Surrey Board of Trade has sponsored this award for 24 years because business people are writers themselves, working as journalists, public relations or marketing professionals, technical writers, publishers, and of course a few booksellers. She’s also the creator of a series of coloring books for adults, including TAKE ME TO THE SEA and CREATIVITEA. Her middle grade novel in verse, ROOT BEER CANDY AND OTHER MIRACLES, launches this Fall from Pajama Press. She is the author of FOLLOWING CHELSEA and a contributing author of FALLING FOR ALICE. The Canadian Children’s Book News says, about one of her books, that she aptly captures the journey of a girl faced with her first real heartbreak-the likely dissolution of her family. CM Magazine has said that her writing is captivatingly visual, with seamless inclusions of figurative language. She’s in love with stories and the sea, and can often be found curled up with a good book and a cup of tea, or wandering the beaches near her home. She writes Middle Grade and Young Adult fiction. The winner of the 2016 Surrey Board of Trade Special Achievement Award lives on Vancouver Island, BC, with her husband, her high school sweetheart. At today’s opening ceremony, October 21st, of the Annual Surrey International Writers’ Conference at the Sheraton Hotel, the Surrey Board of Trade presented the 24th winner of the Surrey Board of Trade Special Achievement Award to Shari Green, in recognition of her work as a writer and her significant contribution to the community of writers.

Following Chelsea by Shari Green