Budge Wilson
Budge Marjorie Wilson (nee Archibald) is a highly acclaimed Canadian author, She was born in Halifax 2 May 1927 and raised in Nova Scotia.She is Maynard Brown Archibald and of Helen(Dustan)MacGregor Archibald's daughter.She has a old sister Joan Archibald Colborne. She graduated from Dalhousie University with a B.A. in Philosophy and Psychology. She has written 33 books since her first work was published in 1984,[1] and has received awards for her work[2] that include: 23 Canadian Children's Book Centre "Our Choice" selections, First Prize in the CBC Literary Competition, a City of Dartmouth Book Award, a Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award, a Marianna Dempster Award, two Ann Connor Brimer Awards, a CAA Lilla Stirling Award, a National IODE Violet Downey Award, an Atlantic Independent Booksellers Award, and an IBBY Honour Award. In 2004 she was awarded the Order of Canada.[3]
Her most recent work is the prequel Before Green Gables, a celebratory centennial release to the Anne of Green Gables series.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.writers.ns.ca/Writers/W/wilsonbudge.html Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia
- ^ a b Penguin Books, Press Release: December 14, 2007,
- ^ Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia. http://www.writers.ns.ca/Writers/W/wilsonbudge.html
