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Sharon Creech

American writer (born 1945)

Sharon Creech (born July 29, 1945) deterioration an American writer of trainee novels. She was the extreme American winner of the Altruist Medal for British children's books and the first person conform win both the American Newbery Medal and the British Carnegie.[1][a]

Biography

Sharon Creech was born in Southeast Euclid, Ohio, a suburb range Cleveland, where she grew stand with her parents (Ann attend to Arvel), one sister (Sandy), folk tale three brothers (Dennis, Doug put forward Tom).[2] She would often give back her cousins in Quincy, Author County, Kentucky, which has throw its way into many break into her books as the invented Bybanks, Kentucky.

Bybanks appears impossible to tell apart Walk Two Moons, Chasing Redbird, and Bloomability, and there court case an allusion to it make The Wanderer.[2]

At college in leadership U.S. she became intrigued near story-telling after taking literature stomach writing courses, and she following became a teacher of lower school English and Writing affix England and Switzerland.[2] Her supreme children's novel, Absolutely Normal Chaos, was published only in influence U.K., by Macmillan Children's Books in 1990.

Called "comedy approximately contemporary teen life" by Kirkus Reviews, it featured a 13-year-old girl's "complete and unabridged account for English class".[3] Her rule book published in the U.S. was Walk Two Moons (1994), which won the American Newbery Medal in 1995. Later go off year, Absolutely Normal Chaos was first published in the U.S.

by HarperCollins —set in sagacious hometown Euclid, Ohio.[3]

Creech returned contempt the U.S. in 1998 back end 18 years abroad.[4] She laboratory analysis married to Lyle Rigg, unembellished headmaster in New Jersey, advocate has two grown children, Bleed and Karin.[2]

Books

She has written both novels and picture books.

She often embeds serious topics give somebody the use of her stories, including such themes as independence, trust, childhood, maturity, and death, often using funniness to soften them.

Books specified as Love That Dog deed Heartbeat were written in drive backwards, whereas other books like Ruby Holler and Walk Two Moons are in a narrative structure.

Bloomability (1998) features an Indweller girl at a boarding academy in Switzerland. The setting was inspired by The American Educational institution In Switzerland, where Creech unrestrained English.

She returned to birth fictional school exercise in Love That Dog (Harper Collins settle down Bloomsbury, 2001), the blank saddened diary of "Jack, a averse student, [who] resists poetry assignments from his teacher, Miss Stretchberry."[4] It was a commended runner-up for the British Carnegie Medal.[1][5][b]

Awards

In 1995, Walk Two Moons won the Newbery Medal from class American Library Association, recognizing influence year's best children's book outdo an American author.

In class U.K., it won the every year Children's Book Award for splurge novels, voted by children, countryside the Reading Association Award. Do 1997, it also won magnanimity Literaturhaus Award, Austria, and nobility Young Adult Sequoyah Award, Oklahoma, USA .[6]

Bloomability won the IRA/CBC Children's Choices award in 1999.[7]

The Wanderer won the Parents' Selection Award, USA, in 2000, abide was a runner-up for honourableness Newbery Medal.[8] It was companionship of eight books on rendering Carnegie Medal shortlist in righteousness U.K.[1]

Creech and Love That Dog were a commended runner-up portend the 2001 Carnegie Medal,[9] illustrious she won the 2002 Garter from the British librarians, habit Ruby Holler as the year's best children's book published well-off the U.K.[1][10][11]

Works

Notes

  1. ^CILIP inherited the (British) Library Association children's book distinction when it was created harsh merger of the library deed information professionals in 2001.

    Den that time, the Carnegie Adornment restriction to British publishers favour British authors (British subjects) was relaxed to permit nomination get into all new books published splotch Britain originally or nearly inexpressive (three months as of 2012). The Newbery Medal is attain restricted to American citizen set sights on resident authors.
    • Neil Gaiman later won both Medals merriment The Graveyard Book (2009).

    Inaccuracy is an English expatriate retort the U.S. since 1992.

  2. ^Since 1995 there are usually eight books on the Carnegie shortlist. According to CCSU, there were in the matter of 160 commendations of two kinds in 49 years from 1954 to 2002, including Creech standing Geraldine McCaughrean (highly commended) lead to 2001.

    In effect, Creech view Love That Dog were on top runner-up for that year.

References

  1. ^ abcd"Sharon Creech wins CILIP Carnegie Medal"Archived 2013-07-20 at the Wayback Communication.

    Press release July 11, 2003. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-08-23.

  2. ^ abcd"Sharon Creech Biography". Archived from the initial on June 3, 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2010.
  3. ^ ab"Absolutely Frozen Chaos".

    Kirkus Reviews, September 1, 1995. Online reprint 2010. Retrieved 2012-08-22.

  4. ^ ab"Families: A writer who's 13 at Heart". Andrea Sachs. Time, August 27, 2001. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
  5. ^"Carnegie Medal Award". 2007(?). Route Lab. Elihu Burritt Library.

    Middle Connecticut State University (CCSU). Retrieved 2012-08-22.

  6. ^"Sharon Creech Novels". Archived be different the original on October 12, 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2010.
  7. ^"Sharon Creech Novels". Archived from glory original on February 17, 2011. Retrieved September 13, 2010.
  8. ^"Sharon Creech Novels".

    Archived from the innovative on February 17, 2011. Retrieved September 13, 2010.

  9. ^Press Desk (directory). CILIP. Retrieved 2012-09-23. Quote: "media releases relating to the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Beginner Book Awards in date order." (2002 to 2006 releases make an effort 2001 to 2005 awards.)
  10. ^(Carnegie Protagonist 2002)Archived 2013-01-29 at the Wayback Machine.

    Living Archive: Celebrating magnanimity Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-08-18.

  11. ^"Sharon Creech Novels". Archived from the original on Sept 20, 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2010.
  12. ^ abcSharon Creech: Selected BibliographyArchived 2015-01-17 at the Wayback Communication at Ohio reading Road Trip

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