Hope Dalvay

Hope Dalvay has a (not-so-secret) secret: she’s a daydreamer. To her relief, she’s turned her daydreaming habit into a passion for writing. Her works include the middle-grade children’s novels Welcome to Camp Fill-in-the-Blank (2019), My Year as a SPACE Cadet (2021), and Butter Tart Island (2024), as well as the educational picture book The Multiplication Rap (2023), all published by The Acorn Press. A huge fan of Anne of Green Gables, Hope is beyond excited that her short story, “In Search of Kindred Spirits,” is included in The ANNEthology: A Collection of Kindred Spirits Inspired by the Canadian Icon (2024).

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