The School of Creative Writing is pleased to congratulate Meagan Black, MFA. Meagan’s graduate thesis is a children’s novel entitled Lyle and Mouse.
Meagan is a versatile writer with a passion for teaching and for storytelling in all its forms. She is keenly interested in poetry, new media, and writing for children and young adults—but she is always seeking out new writing styles to try. She also has a love for hybrid genres and genre experimentation, and has even co-authored a script for a poetically apocalyptic graphic novel in verse. Meagan has worked with Arc Poetry Magazine, Room Magazine, and the Ottawa International Writers Festival, and she has been published by Arc, Carousel, and ottawater, among others.
Lyle and Mouse is a funny mystery for middle schoolers. Set at the eccentric ESESES boarding school, it follows Lyle and Mouse—a man and cat—while they do their best as the campus’s only security team to keep the school safe. But things take a puzzling turn when copies of the campus-wide master key are mailed anonymously to random students. Then things get worse. Joining them on a journey filled with humour, intrigue, and a touch of the unexpected are three child characters: Chloe, a narcoleptic fifth grader who believes in wild theories; her classmate Josh, the secretive Head’s son; and Atri, a clever, socially anxious fourth grader.
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