Kristin Butcher

Kristin Butcher

Kristin Butcher is a Canadian writer and reviewer of young adult and juvenile fiction. Her first novel, "The Runaways" was published that same year and went on to be a regional Silver Birch Award winner.Cite web|url=http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/profiles/butcher.html|title=Kristin Butcher|accessdate=2008-05-19|publisher=University of Manitoba|year=2002-11-11|author=Dave Jenkinson|work=Canadian Review of Materials] Since then she has published ten other books, including two biographies for primary readers and three titles in the successful Soundings series from Orca Books, one of which ("Zee’s Way") won the 2006 Chocolate Lily Award.Cite web|url=http://www.bookcentre.ca/awards/award_ind/awards.php?award=clyrca|title=Chocolate Lily Young Readers' Choice Award|accessdate=2008-05-19|publisher=Canadian Children's Book Centre|work=Canadian Awards Index] Her newest novel, "Zach & Zoe and the Bank Robber" is scheduled for release in the spring of 2008.

Bibliography

* "The Runaways" (1997)
* "The Tomorrow Tunnel" (1999)
* "The Granmma War" (2001)
* "Summer of Suspense" (2002)
* "Cairo Kelly and The Mann" (2002)
* "The Hemingway Tradition" (2002)
* "The Trouble with Liberty" (2003)
* "Zee's Way" (2004)
* "Chat Room" (2006)
* "Zach & Zoe and the Bank Robber" (2008)

Awards

* "Chat Room" -- Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers 2006 list; Best Books of 2006 selection (Resource Links Magazine); CCBC “Our Choice” selection
* "Zee's Way" -- Chocolate Lily winner (2006); ALA Quick Pick nominee
* "The Trouble with Liberty" -- Children's Book Centre Our Choice selection (2004)
* "The Hemingway Tradition" -- Children's Book Centre Our Choice selection, 2003; Resource Links Magazine Best Books of 2003 List
* "The Gramma War": -- OLA Best Bet Book (2001), Children's Book Centre Our Choice selection (2001), CLA Book of the Year Notable (2002), IODE Violet Downey Book for Children nominee (2002), Chocolate Lily Children's Choice Award 2003(3rd place), Red Cedar Award Nominee (2004)
* "Cairo Kelly and the Mann": -- Chocolate Lily Children's Choice Award nominee (2004), OLA Best Bet Book (2002), CLA Book of the Year nominee (2003), Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award nominee (2004)
* "The Tomorrow Tunnel" - (shortlisted for 1999 CLA Book of the Year)
* "Waltzing Annie Home" - (runner-up in the 1999 Great Canadian Short Story Competition)
* "The Runaways" -- Children's Book Centre Our Choice selection (1998); (finalist & regional winner of the 1998 OLA Silver Birch Award)

References

External links

* [http://www.kristinbutcher.com Official web site]


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