Gayle Friesen
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Gayle Friesen | |
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Born | September 18, 1960 |
Occupation | Author |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | University of British Columbia |
Genre | Young adult fiction |
Gayle Friesen (born September 18, 1960) is a Canadian author of young adult novels. She was raised in Chilliwack, British Columbia. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia.[1] She is married with two children.[2]
Friesen's first novel Janey's Girl (1998) was critically acclaimed, winning the Canadian Library Association's Young Adult Book Award and the Red Maple Reading Award. It was also nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award. She has written four other novels for young adults.[2]
Awards and honours
Two of Friesen's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Janey’s Girl (1999)[3] and The Isabel Factor (2006).[4]
Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
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1998 | Janey's Girl | Governor General's Award for English-Language Children's Literature | Finalist | |
1999 | Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award | Winner | [5][6] | |
Forest of Reading Red Maple Award for Fiction | Winner | [7][8][9] | ||
National Chapter of Canada IODE Violet Downey Book Award | Winner | [10] | ||
2001 | Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award | Nominee | [11] | |
Red Cedar Book Award | Winner | [12] | ||
Men of Stone | Forest of Reading Red Maple Award for Fiction | Finalist | [8][9] | |
Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize | Finalist | |||
2002 | Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award | Nominee | [13] | |
2003 | Losing Forever | Forest of Reading Red Maple Award for Fiction | Winner | [8][9] |
Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize | Finalist | |||
2004 | Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award | Nominee | [14] | |
2007 | The Isabel Factor | Forest of Reading Red Maple Award for Fiction | Finalist | [8][9] |
2008 | For Now | Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize | Finalist |
Publications
- Janey's Girl (1998)
- Men of Stone (2000)
- Losing Forever (2002)
- The Isabel Factor (2005)
- For Now (2007)
- The Valley (2008)
References
- ^ Jenkinson, Dave, 1998, Gayle Friesen Archived 2008-04-02 at the Wayback Machine, CM Magazine.
- ^ a b Gayle Friesen Archived 2007-10-21 at the Wayback Machine, Stellar Award.
- ^ "Janey's Girl by Gayle Friesen". Junior Library Guild. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ^ "The Isabel Factor by Gayle Friesen". Junior Library Guild. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ^ "Past Winners". Canadian Library Association. Archived from the original on 2015-09-08. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ^ "1999 Canadian Library Association Young Adult Canadian Book Award Recipient: Gayle Friesen". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-09-25. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ^ "1999 Red Maple Award Recipient: Gayle Friesen". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-09-29. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ^ a b c d "Research Guides: Forest of Reading®, 7 to 12 Programs: Red Maple Winners & Nominees, 1998-2023". Queen's University Library. Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ^ a b c d Ontario Library Association. "Red Maple Award™ Winners and Nominees 1998–2021" (PDF). Forest of Reading. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ "1999 National Chapter of Canada IODE Violet Downey Book Award Recipient: Gayle Friesen". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2023-02-05. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ^ "2001". Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award. Archived from the original on 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ^ "2001 Red Cedar Book Award Recipient: Gayle Friesen". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-09-25. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ^ "2002". Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award. Archived from the original on 2023-02-01. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ^ "2004". Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award. Archived from the original on 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
External links
- Gayle Friesen at Library of Congress, with 1 library catalogue record
Categories:
- Webarchive template wayback links
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- 1960 births
- Canadian children's writers
- Canadian women novelists
- People from Chilliwack
- Canadian women children's writers
- Living people
- Canadian Mennonites
- Mennonite writers
- University of British Columbia alumni
- Forest of Reading Award winners