Tanya Lloyd Kyi

Tanya Lloyd Kyi claims to be a peaceful and non-threatening person, despite having written three books about fire and one about poison. She has never set a building aflame, handled dynamite, or intentionally poisoned anyone … although a suspicious number of friends did have stomachaches after eating her Christmas party meatballs one year.Tanya writes both fiction and non-fiction, often choosing topics related to science, pop culture, or social history—or a combination of the three. She enjoys combining factual research with intriguing narratives, or the life stories of interesting folks.Tanya began her writing “career” as a poet in high school, producing pages and pages of really bad poems that her mother adored. Her love of writing led to the University of Victoria, where she took creative writing and English. Tanya’s early writing jobs were as a newspaper reporter and brochure writer for the government. She also worked as a dishwasher, busgi

Books by Tanya Lloyd Kyi

The City of Lost Cats

Emily Posts

Best Way to Get Your Way, The

Our Green City

Snoozefest

This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes

Mya's Strategy to Save the World

Me and Banksy

Under Pressure

Extreme Battlefields

DNA Detective

Seeing Red

Lowdown on Denim

California

Rescues!