Nadia Hohn (she/her/hers)
Toronto-born of Jamaican parents, Nadia L. Hohn is an award-winning author, educator, and “artivist” who advocates for diversity in children’s literature. Nadia L. Hohn is the author of Malaika’s Costume (2016) which was the 2021 TD Grade One Book Giveaway, a program which distributes over 550, 000 copies to Canadian first graders. Her other books in the series are Malaika’s Winter Carnival (2017), Blue Spruce Award-nominated Malaika’s Surprise (2021), and Malaika, Carnival Queen (2023), published by Groundwood Books. Nadia has also written Getting Us to Grandma’s (Groundwood Books, Oct. 2024), Patty Dreams (Owlkids, Jan. 2025), Harriet Tubman Freedom Fighter (Harper Collins, 2018), Music (Grade 5) and Media (Grade 6) in the Sankofa Black Heritage Collection series (Rubicon Publishing Inc, 2015), and A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice (Owlkids Books, 2019). Nadia is the editor and contributor of The Antiracist Kitchen: 21 Stories (and Recipes) (Orca). Her twelfth book, STOP ANTIBLACK RACISM: 8 Ways to Act Now, was released on October 13, 2026. She continues to write plays and songs, as well as picture books and novels for young people. Her writing has been featured in anthologies and publications, like Psychology Today, Quill & Quire, Owl, Chickadee, Book News, ByBlacks, ArcPoetry, and Write. Nadia is a playwright who has staged shorter plays in elementary and high schools. In 2025, her debut play Wheel & Turn debuted at the Windsor Fringe Festival in which she also co-directed, produced, and acted.
Nadia L. Hohn completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in Honours Psychology (B.A. Hon.) at the University of Waterloo. She completed her Bachelor (BEd) and Master of Education in Sociology and Equity Studies in Education (MEd) degrees at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto (OISE/UT). She completed a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing at the University of Guelph. Nadia has completed courses and workshops in playwriting, screenwriting, and filmmaking at the Liason of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), Women in Film & Television (WIFT), George Brown College, and the University of Guelph. Nadia was 1 of 6 Black Canadian Writers to Watch in 2018 by CBC Books. Nadia was a touring presenter for the 2019 and 2024 TD Canada Children’s Book Week. In summer 2019, Nadia was the writer in residence at Joy Kogawa House in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Nadia L. Hohn has delivered hundreds of presentations at schools, libraries, book stores, and literary festivals in Canada, the United States, United Kingdom, Trinidad, Jamaica, Ireland, and the United Arab Emirates.
Nadia peut lire, écrire et parler en français. She has intermediate levels of communication in Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.
She teaches elementary school and writing for children courses at post-secondary institutions in Toronto, where she lives.