The second book contract came six months after the first! I've written and published many parenting articles, book reviews, and newspaper columns, but I focus solely on teen fiction now. It took ten long years before I landed my first book contract, but the wait made it that much more rewarding. SIDELIGHTS: Shelley Hrdlitschka once commented: "I discovered my love of children's literature while teaching elementary school, so, while on a parenting leave, I decided to try writing children's stories myself. Contributor of articles and reviews to magazines. Sun Signs, Orca Book Publishers (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada), 2005. Kat's Fall, Orca Book Publishers (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada), 2004. Tangled Web (sequel to Disconnected), Orca Book Publishers (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada), 2000.ĭancing Naked, Orca Book Publishers (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada), 2002.
WRITINGS:īeans on Toast, illustrated by Ljuba Levstek, Orca Book Publishers (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada), 1998.ĭisconnected, Orca Book Publishers (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada), 1998. 2003, all for Dancing Naked "quick pick" selection, American Library Association, 2003, for Dancing Naked, and 2005, for Kat's Fall inclusion among "best books for the teen age," New York Public Library, 2005, for Kat's Fall. 2000, for Tangled Web young adult honor book selection, Canadian Library Association, 2002, White Pine Award, Ontario Readers Choice Awards, 2002, and choice for young adults, International Reading Association, c. MEMBER: Writers Union of Canada, Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators, and Performers, Children's Writers and Illustrators of British Columbia, Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable.ĪWARDS, HONORS: Our Choice Award, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 1998–99, for Beans on Toast, 1999–2000, for Disconnected, and 2002, for Dancing Naked BC 2000 Book Award, c. Elementary schoolteacher in Delta, British Columbia, Canada, 1979–86. Religion: Unitarian-Universalist.ĪDDRESSES: Home and office-905 Roslyn Blvd., North Vancouver V7G 1P4, British Columbia, Canada. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: Simon Fraser University, teaching certificate. PERSONAL: Surname is pronounced Herd- litch-ka born July 22, 1956, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada daughter of Robert and Vivienne (Lyon) Frampton married Peter Hrdlitschka (a manager of a construction company), 1977 children: Danielle, Cara, Kyla.
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