Martha Brooks

Martha Brooks is an award-winning novelist, playwright and jazz singer whose books have been published worldwide and have earned her a Governor General award and the Vicky Metcalf Award for a body of work. She was raised in a medical family on the grounds of the now-defunct Manitoba Sanatorium, a setting and experience that inspired her new book, Queen of Hearts. The novel takes place in rural Manitoba during the Second World War and deals with surviving loss while finding friendship and love in surprising places.