Northwest Passages: Stephanie Oakes

Stephanie Oakes is the author of The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly, which was a Morris Award finalist and a Golden Kite Honor book, and The Arsonist, which won the Washington State Book Award and was an ALA/YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults pick. An elementary school librarian, Stephanie lives in Spokane, Washington with her wife and family.

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Wed., Sept. 13, 2023

Young adult author Stephanie Oakes, on left, has a conversation with author Alexis Smith about Oakes eagerly anticipated young adult novel, "The Meadows” during a Northwest Passages book launch event held, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, in the Chronicle Building. Oaks is also the author of “The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly,” which was a Morris Award finalist and a Golden Kite Honor book, and “The Arsonist,” which won the Washington State Book Award and was an ALA/YALSA Best Fiction.

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Young adult author Stephanie Oakes, on left, has a conversation with author Alexis Smith about Oakes eagerly anticipated young adult novel, "The Meadows” during a Northwest Passages book launch event held, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, in the Chronicle Building. Oaks is also the author of “The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly,” which was a Morris Award finalist and a Golden Kite Honor book, and “The Arsonist,” which won the Washington State Book Award and was an ALA/YALSA Best Fiction.

Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Revi
Young adult author Stephanie Oakes, on left, has a conversation with author Alexis Smith about Oakes eagerly anticipated young adult novel, "The Meadows” during a Northwest Passages book launch event held, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, in the Chronicle Building. Oaks is also the author of “The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly,” which was a Morris Award finalist and a Golden Kite Honor book, and “The Arsonist,” which won the Washington State Book Award and was an ALA/YALSA Best Fiction.

Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Revi
Young adult author Stephanie Oakes, on left, has a conversation with author Alexis Smith about Oakes eagerly anticipated young adult novel, "The Meadows” during a Northwest Passages book launch event held, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, in the Chronicle Building. Oaks is also the author of “The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly,” which was a Morris Award finalist and a Golden Kite Honor book, and “The Arsonist,” which won the Washington State Book Award and was an ALA/YALSA Best Fiction.

Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Revi
Young adult author Stephanie Oakes, on left, has a conversation with author Alexis M. Smith about Oakes eagerly anticipated young adult novel, "The Meadows” during a Northwest Passages book launch event held, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, in the Chronicle Building. Oaks is also the author of “The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly,” which was a Morris Award finalist and a Golden Kite Honor book, and “The Arsonist,” which won the Washington State Book Award and was an ALA/YALSA Best Fiction.

Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Revi
Young adult author Stephanie Oakes, eagerly anticipated young adult novel, "The Meadows” for sale during a Northwest Passages book launch event held, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, in the Chronicle Building. Oaks is also the author of “The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly,” which was a Morris Award finalist and a Golden Kite Honor book, and “The Arsonist,” which won the Washington State Book Award and was an ALA/YALSA Best Fiction.

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