Caroline Adderson
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Caroline Adderson (born September 9, 1963)[1][2] is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. She has published four novels, two short story collections and two books for young readers.
Biography
Adderson was born on September 9, 1963, in Edmonton, Alberta[1] to James Neil and Bernice Adderson.[2]
She received a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of British Columbia in 1986.[1][2] Following graduation, she attended a writing program at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.[1]
Aside from writing, she has taught at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and Simon Fraser University.[1][3]
Adderson presently lives in Vancouver with her husband, Bruce Sweeney.
Awards and honours
In 2006, Adderson received the Marian Engel Award,[1] "given annually to an outstanding Canadian female writer in mid-career in recognition of her body of work."[4]
In 2010, Quill & Quire and The Globe and Mail named The Sky is Falling one of the best books of the year.[1]
Publications
As editor
- Vancouver Vanishes: Narratives of Demolition and Revival (2016)
- Best Canadian Stories 2019 (2019)
Short story collections
- Bad Imaginings (1993, Template:ISBN)
- Pleased to Meet You: Stories (2006, Template:ISBN)
- Sunny Days Inside (2021)
- A Way to Be Happy (2024)
Novels
- A History of Forgetting (1999)
- Sitting Practice (2003, Template:ISBN)
- The Sky is Falling (2010, Thomas Allen Publishers)
- Ellen in Pieces (2014, Template:ISBN)
- A Russian Sister (2020)
Novella
- Mr. Justice (2005, Template:ISBN)
Children's fiction
- Very Serious Children (2007)
- Middle of Nowhere (2012)
- Norman, Speak!, illustrated by Qin Leng (2014)
- A Simple Case of Angels (2014)
- Eat, Leo! Eat!, illustrated by Josée Bisaillon (2015)
- I Love You, One to Ten, illustrated by Christina Leist (2015)
- The Mostly True Story of Pudding Tat, Adventuring Cat, illustrated by Stacy Innerst (2019)
- It Happened on Sweet Street, illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch (2020)
- Babble!: And How Punctuation Saved It, illustrated by Roman Muradov (2022)
Bruno series
- I, Bruno, illustrated by Helen Flook (2007)
- Bruno for Real, illustrated by Helen Flook (2008)
Izzy series
The Izzy books are illustrated by Kelly Collier.
- Izzy in the Doghouse
- Izzy's Tail of Trouble (2022)
- Izzy's Dog Days of Summer (2023)
Jasper John Dooley series
- Star of the Week, illustrated by Ben Clanton (2012)
- Left Behind, illustrated by Ben Clanton (2013)
- Not in Love, illustrated by Ben Clanton (2014)
- You're in Trouble, illustrated by Ben Clanton (2015)
- Lost and Found, illustrated by Mike Shiell (2015)
- Public Library Enemy #1, illustrated by Mike Shiell (2016)
Pierre & Paul series
The Pierre & Paul books are illustrated by Alice Carter.
- Avalanche! (2020)
- Dragon! (2021)
References
Sources
- W. H. New, ed. Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002: 9.
- Records of Caroline Adderson are held by Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and Rare Books
- Adderson at Writers' Union of Canada: CV, Publications, Awards
External links
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- 1963 births
- Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity alumni
- Living people
- 20th-century Canadian novelists
- 21st-century Canadian novelists
- Canadian women short story writers
- Canadian women novelists
- Writers from Edmonton
- 20th-century Canadian women writers
- 21st-century Canadian women writers
- 20th-century Canadian short story writers
- 21st-century Canadian short story writers
- University of British Columbia alumni
- Novelists from Alberta
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