Sigmund brouwer author biography books

Canadian author (born 1959)

Sigmund Brouwer (born 1959) is a prolific Canadian author of children's, young adult, and adult books.^[1] He has over 100 titles and four million books in print.

Brouwer's novel, Dead Man's Switch, won the Arthur Ellis Award in 2015 for Canada's best young adult mystery of the year.^[2] His adult novel, Thief of Glory, was Book of the Year for the Christy Awards and a winner of the Alberta Readers Choice Awards.^[3][4]The Last Disciple, co-authored by Hank Hanegraaf, was featured in Time magazine.^[5]

Early life and education

Brouwer is a Dutch Canadian, as his Dutch parents Willem and Gerda immigrated to Red Deer, Alberta following their childhood survival of World War II.

Brouwer was born and raised in Red Deer, Alberta, where he currently lives. Brouwer holds an undergraduate Commerce degree from Calvin College, as well as being a graduate of Carleton University's