|
Author Readings 2008-2009 School Year
November 19, 2008
Library
12:25 p.m.
Pam Withers
Pam Withers' presentation will include short readings of her books, tales of her own adventures, humorous
anecdotes of how she researches her material, tips on writing and getting published. The presentation will even include
extreme-sports video clips--because many of Withers' books are based on extreme sports. Withers has worked as a journalist,
editor, and associate publisher. She is also a former outdoor guide who ran a summer camp for teens for many years.
She lives in Vancouver, B.C. with her husband and teenaged son, where she enjoys outdoor sports when she's not writing
and editing books.
April 21, 2009
Library
8:40 a.m. (B Block)
Shelley Hrdlitschka
Shelley discovered her love for children's literature while teaching elementary school in the eighties. Then, while on
a parenting leave, she began writing children's stories. It took ten years, but she eventually decided to focus on juvenile
and young adult fiction and is now the author of eight award winning novels.
Shelley lives in North Vancouver with her
three daughters, Sir Winton (her dog) and Gucci and Chanel (her cats). When she's not writing she can be found hiking, snowshoeing,
practising yoga, meditating, or hidden away with a book and some good music.
Take a look at all the literary awards Shelley has won:
Gotcha!
~ White Pine Nominee, 2009
Sun Signs
~ White
Pine Nominee, 2006
~ Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award Nominee, 2007
~ ALA Popular Paperback, 2006
~ Snow Willow
2007 nominee
~ Our Choice selection
~ Chicago Public Schools Battle of the Books nominee
Kat's
Fall
~White Pine Honour Book, 2005
~ALA Quick Pick For Reluctant Readers, 2005
~The Crime Writers
of Canada Arthur Ellis Award Nominee, 2005
~BC Book Award Nominee, 2005
~Manitoba Young Reades Choice Award Nominee,
2006
~Selected for Inclusion in the New York Public Library's 2005 Books for the Teen Age List
Dancing
Naked
~ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers 2003
~ALA Best Book Nominee 2003
~ALA Poular Paperback
2005
~Canadian Library Association Y/A Honour Book 2002
~White Pine Award 2002
~The Canadian Children's Book Centre
Our Choice List 2002
~International Reading Association Choice For Young Adults
Tangled Web
~BC2000
Book Award
Disconnected
~The Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice List 1999
~
Nominee - South Carolina Junior Book Award 2001-2002
~2nd Place, Surrey Book of the year, 2000
Her latest:
Living in the isolated rural community of Unity, fifteen-year-old Celeste struggles to fit in while she is assigned to
marry an older man with five other wives, expected to raise children, and watches as other teens leave the community to survive
in the outside world.
Now that the senior bead-snatching game "Gotcha" has been banned at Slippery Rock High, it goes underground and attracts
more participants than ever, but when Katie finds herself losing friends and falling victim to her classmates' obsession,
she knows she must bring a safe end to this deadly game.
|
