- Marsha Skrypuch
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Marsha Skrypuch Born 1954 Occupation Author Genres Children's Literature Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (born 1954) is a Ukrainian Canadian children's writer who lives in Brantford, Ontario.
She received a BA in English and a Master of Library Science from the University of Western Ontario, and began writing fiction in 1992. After being rejected more than 100 times, her first book, "Silver Threads," was published in 1996.[1] Her tenth and eleventh books are coming out in 2008: Call Me Aram, sequel to Aram's Choice, and Daughter of War, sequel to Nobody's Child.
Contents
Works
- Silver Threads - 1996
- The Best Gifts - 1998
- The Hunger - 1999
- Enough - 2000
- Hope's War - 2001
- Nobody's Child - 2003
- Aram's Choice - 2006
- Kobzar's Children: A Century of Untold Ukrainian Stories -2006
- Dear Canada: Prisoners in the Promised Land: The Ukrainian Internment Diary of Anya Soloniuk, Spirit Lake, Quebec, 1914 - 2007
- Daughter of War - 2008
- Call Me Aram - 2009
- A Christmas To Remember - 2009 -- "An Unexpected Visiter" was written by Skrypuch for this anthology.
- Stolen Child - 2010
- Last Airlift: A Vietnames Orphan's Rescue from War - 2011
- Making Bombs For Hitler - 2012
Awards and nominations
2011 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice nomination, Stolen Child
2011 Saskatchewan Diamond Willow nomination, Stolen Child
2011 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award for the Americas, for Stolen Child
2011 Golden Oak nomination for Stolen Child
2011 Canadian Library Association Children's Book of the Year nomination, Stolen Child
2010 Resource Links Best Book, Stolen Child
2010 Ontario Library Association "Best Bets" top ten juvenile novel of the year, Stolen Child
2010 CANSCAIP Silver pin for volunteerism
2010 Calliope Award for outstanding writing and mentoring, Humber School for Writers
2010 Woman of Distinction, World Congress of Ukrainian Women's Organizations
2010 Silver Birch Express and Gold Oak nominations for Call Me Aram
2010 Herstory inspiring women calendar selection
2009 White Pine Award nomination for Daughter of War
2008 Order of Princess Olha, the highest honour bestowed on citizens of foreign countries, by Victor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine, for her writing on the Holodomor. In particular, her book, Enough.
2008 Ontario Golden Oak Award nomination for Aram's Choice
2007 Ontario Silver Birch Award nomination for Aram's Choice
2007 Canadian Library Association Children's Book of the Year shortlist for Aram's Choice
2006 ResourceLinks "Best of the Best 2006" in Children's Book category for Aram's Choice
2006 CCBC's Our Choice for Aram's Choice
2006 BC Stellar Award nomination for Nobody's Child
2005 Ontario Red Maple Award nomination for Nobody's Child
2005 Alberta Rocky Mountain Book Award nomination for Nobody's Child
2004 ResourceLinks "Best of the Best 2004" in novel category for Nobody's Child
2004 CCBC's Our Choice Award for Nobody's Child
2004 Alberta Rocky Mountain Book Award nomination for Hope's War
2004 Saskatchewan Snow Willow nomination for Hope's War
2003, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award nomination for Hope's War
2002, Nominated for the W.O. Mitchell Literary Prize for her body of work and mentorship of other writers
2002, Selected to tour Manitoba for CCBC's BookWeek
2002, CCBC's Our Choice Award for Hope's War
2001, ResourceLinks "Best of the Best 2001" in picture book category for Enough
2001, CCBC's Our Choice Award for Enough
2000, CCBC's Our Choice Award for The Hunger
1996, Taras Shevchenko for Silver Threads
1996, OLA Best Bets for Silver Threads
1996, Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award shortlist for Silver Threads
References
- ^ Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch profile, Canadian Review of Materials
- Writers' Union of Canada
- Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI)
- Canadian Society of Children's Book Authors Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP)
- Chapters Indigo interview about Daughter of War
External links
Categories:- 1954 births
- Living people
- Canadian children's writers
- Canadian people of Ukrainian descent
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