Kathryn Erskine
Kathryn Erskine | |
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 Erskine in September 2013 | |
| Born | Netherlands |
| Genre | Young Adult novelist |
| Notable awards | National Book Award for Young People's Literature |
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Kathryn Erskine is a Netherlands-born American writer of children's literature. She won the 2010 National Book Award for Young People's Literature for her novel, Mockingbird.[1][2]
Life
She was born in the Netherlands and has lived in South Africa, Israel, Canada, and Scotland. Mrs. Erskine now lives in Virginia with her husband, two children, and dog, Maxine.
She was a lawyer for many years before pursuing her first love, writing. She presents workshops at the Writer's Center.[3]
Family
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Kathryn has a husband that has been unamed. She also keeps the identity of her children a secret, we may never know who they are or what genders they are. We may also mention that she has a sister named Cecilia. We may also included her lovely dog, Maxine.
Bibliography
- Quaking, Penguin, 2007, ISBN 978-0-399-24774-3
- Mockingbird, Penguin, 2010, ISBN 978-0-399-25264-8 — winner of the National Book Award[1][2]
- The Absolute Value of Mike. Penguin. 2011. ISBN 978-0-399-25505-2.
- "Seeing Red", Scholastic, 2013, ISBN 978-0545464406
- "Mama Africa!: How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song", Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), ISBN 9780374303013
See also
References
- ^ a b
"National Book Awards – 2010". National Book Foundation (NBF). Retrieved 2012-04-16.
(With acceptance speech by Erskine; interview, reading, and other material replicated for all five Young People's Literature authors and books.) - ^ a b
"2010 National Book Award Winner, Young People's Literature" (November 17, 2010). NBF. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
(Acceptance speech by Erskine with some other material.) - ^ "Kathryn Erskine". The Writers Center.
External links
- Official website
- "Q & A with Kathryn Erskine", Publishers Weekly, Sue Corbett, April 8, 2010
- Kathryn Erskine at Library of Congress, with 4 library catalog records
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