Martine Leavitt (born 1953) is a Canadian American writer of young adult novels and a creative writing instructor.

[1] She has seven children, twenty-one grandchildren, and lives with her husband in Alberta, Canada.

Martine Leavitt writes novels for young adults, most recently Buffalo Flats.

Calvin (2015) won the 2016 Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature.

She teaches creative writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts, a short-residency MFA program, where she serves as the Katherine Paterson Endowed Chair.