Gayle Friesen

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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]

Awards for Friesen's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
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]
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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

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