pieces primarily focused on the difficulties of living in small communities in the B.C. interior. Where it Hurts was selected as a finalist for the prestigious Governor General's Literary Award for non-fiction In fall 2017, de Leeuw was one of 70 scholars appointed to the Royal Society of Canada and inducted in the Society's Celebration of Excellence. References External links Dr. Sarah de Leeuw - UNBC Profile Interview with Creative Non-Fiction Writing Contest Judge, Sarah de Leeuw! - Room Magazine 1973 births Living people Canadian travel writers Canadian women poets Canadian people of Dutch descent People from Duncan, British Columbia University of Victoria alumni Queen's University at Kingston alumni Writers from British Columbia Women travel writers 21st-century Canadian poets 21st-century Canadian women writers Canadian women non-fiction writers