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Margaret Bechard

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Margaret Bechard
Born1953 (age 70–71)
Chico, California, U.S.
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Period1990s-present
GenreScience fiction, Children's literature
Website
www.margaretbechard.com

Margaret Bechard (born 1953) is an American author of contemporary and science fiction for children and young adults.

Biography

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Bechard was born in 1953 in Chico, California. She received her bachelor's degree in English literature from Reed College in 1976.[citation needed] She is married to Lee Boekelheide and they have three sons and four grandchildren.[1] She lives in Tigard, Oregon.[2]

Bechard served as the Young People's Literature Chair of the 2006 National Book Award Committee.[3] Her books are published in English, French, Swedish and Korean.[4] She teaches in the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts.[5]

Awards

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In 1996, Star Hatchling, a middle grade novel about first contact, received the Eleanor Cameron Award, a Golden Duck Award for Excellence in Children's Science Fiction.[2][6]

Hanging on to Max, a story about a teenage father, was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and School Library Journal Best Book of the Year in 2004.[2][7][8]

Bibliography

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  • My Sister, My Science Report (1990)
  • Tory and Me and the Spirit of True Love (1992)
  • Really No Big Deal (1994)
  • Star Hatchling (1995)
  • My Mom Married the Principal (1998) - a sequel to Really No Big Deal
  • If It Doesn't Kill You (1999)
  • Hanging on to Max (2002)
  • Spacer and Rat (2005)

References

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  1. ^ "cynsations: Author Interview: Margaret Bechard on Spacer and Rat". cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2006.
  2. ^ a b c "Author".
  3. ^ "The National Book Foundation". Archived from the original on February 24, 2007.
  4. ^ "Bechard, Margaret [WorldCat Identities]". Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  5. ^ "Faculty | Writing for Children & Young Adults | Vermont College of Fine Arts". Archived from the original on March 17, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  6. ^ "Golden Duck Past Winners". Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2009.
  7. ^ "ALA | 2003 Best Books for Young Adults". Archived from the original on May 5, 2009. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  8. ^ Yampbell, Cat. "Judging a Book by its Cover: Publishing Trends in Young Adult Literature." The Lion and the Unicorn 29.3 (2005) 348–372. (Johns Hopkins University Press)

interviews

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