Tanya Boteju, a writer and teacher in Vancouver, wants her writing to speak to people who feel like they don’t fit. “I would never choose not to be part of this community … Kids need to know that that’s there for them,” she says. Her first book, Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens, comes out on May 7.
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