Shelley Tanaka is a Canadian editor of numerous young adult novels, an author of non-fiction for children, a translator, and a writing teacher.
She is the editor of thirteen Governor General's Award winning books.
[7] Her books have been translated into several languages: German, Danish, Spanish, French, Japanese, Portuguese and Thai.
[8] Additionally, she has translated many children's picture books and novels from German and French into English.
[2][8] Tanaka teaches in the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts.