Marsha lives in Brantford, Ontario, and you can visit her online at She was awarded the Order of Princess Olha by the President of Ukraine for her writing. Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch is a Ukrainian Canadian author acclaimed for her nonfiction and historical fiction, including Making Bombs for Hitler, The War Below, Stolen Girl, Don’t Tell the Nazis, Trapped in Hitler’s Web, and Traitors Among Us. Her best-known book is Making Bombs for Hitler. She considers herself a librarian-detective (and also a princess, but that’s another story). Marsha has a Master of Library Science degree and worked as a librarian for the federal government before she began writing books.
Her books have won many honors, but her favorites are readers’ choice awards, of which she’s won many. Her scrupulously researched historical fiction and narrative non-fiction focuses on refugees and war from a young person’s perspective.
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch is the author of 20+ books for young people, yet she didn’t read until age 9. Would you like to hear Marsha pronounce her own name? Listen here. How do you pronounce that in English? Like this: SKRIP-ick.
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