Sheree Fitch
Autore di The Gravesavers
Sull'Autore
Sheree Fitch was born in Ottawa, Ontario. She is a poet, lecturer and storyteller. Her first book Toes in My Nose was published in 1987. In1995 she was the featured children's writer at the International Writer's Festival in Vancouver, BC. Fitch has received numerous literary awards and prizes mostra altro including: N.B. Writer's Federation President's Award for first prize for an unpublished collection of adult poetry 1988 (later to become basis for In this House Are Many Women); Atlantic Bookseller's Choice Award for Sleeping Dragons All Around, 1990; Mr. Christie's Children's Book Award for There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen, 1993; Canadian Authors Association Mariana Dempster Award for contribution to Children's Literature, 1995; Anne Connor Brimer Award for Mabel Murple, 1996; Nova Scotia Arts Council Grant, 1997; Silver Birch Award (Ontario's children's choice) and the Hackamatack Award (Atlantic children's choice) awards for If You Could Wear My Sneakers, 2000; Queen's Medal; Vicky Metcalf Award for body of work in children's literature 2000; Winner of the Saskatchewan Snow Willow Award and CBC Young Canada Reads for The Gravesavers. She is Honorary Spokesperson for the New Brunswick Coalition for Literacy and for the IWK Read to Me program in Nova Scotia. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Opere di Sheree Fitch
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1953-12-03
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- Canada
- Luogo di residenza
- Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Washington, D.C., USA - Istruzione
- St. Thomas University, New Brunswick (B.A.)
Acadia University, New Brunswick (M.A.) - Organizzazioni
- Unicef Goodwill Ambassador
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Vicki Metcalf Award for a body of work inspirational to Canadian children (1998)
Mr. Christie Award (children's literature)
Utenti
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Premi e riconoscimenti
EveryBody's Different on EveryBody Street (Lista breve – Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children’s Literature – 2020)
Polly Maccauley's Finest, Divinest, Wooliest Gift of All: A Yarn for All Ages (Lista breve – Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children’s Literature – 2018)
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- Opere
- 33
- Utenti
- 830
- Popolarità
- #30,757
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 18
- ISBN
- 126
- Lingue
- 1