|
Polly Horvath
Polly Horvath (born January 30, 1957 in Kalamazoo, Michigan)[1] is an American-Canadian author of novels for children and young adults. She won the 2003 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The Canning Season, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.[2] In 2010, Horvath received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People.[3] BiographyHorvath was born 30 January 1957 in Kalamazoo, Michigan[4] to John Anthony and Betty Ann Horvath.[1] Horvath began writing at the age of eight.[1] She attended the Canadian College of Dance in Toronto and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in New York City.[4] She lived in New York City and Montreal before settling on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia.[5] Horvath once declared, "I don't have that much fun writing them. I have the most fun when I'm on the last page." She is married to Arnold Keller, a professor, with whom she has two daughters: Emily Willa and Rebecca Avery Keller.[1] Awards and honorsIn 2010, Horvath received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People,[3] which is considered a top honour for Canadian children's book writers and illustrators. Six of Horvath's books are Junior Library Guild selections: My One Hundred Adventures (2009),[6] Northward to the Moon (2010),[7] One Year in Coal Harbor (2013),[8] The Night Garden (2017),[9] Very Rich (2018),[10] and Pine Island Home (2020).[11] Her books have also landed on many lists of the best books of the year:
Publications
See alsoReferences
External links
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Index:
pl ar de en es fr it arz nl ja pt ceb sv uk vi war zh ru af ast az bg zh-min-nan bn be ca cs cy da et el eo eu fa gl ko hi hr id he ka la lv lt hu mk ms min no nn ce uz kk ro simple sk sl sr sh fi ta tt th tg azb tr ur zh-yue hy my ace als am an hyw ban bjn map-bms ba be-tarask bcl bpy bar bs br cv nv eml hif fo fy ga gd gu hak ha hsb io ig ilo ia ie os is jv kn ht ku ckb ky mrj lb lij li lmo mai mg ml zh-classical mr xmf mzn cdo mn nap new ne frr oc mhr or as pa pnb ps pms nds crh qu sa sah sco sq scn si sd szl su sw tl shn te bug vec vo wa wuu yi yo diq bat-smg zu lad kbd ang smn ab roa-rup frp arc gn av ay bh bi bo bxr cbk-zam co za dag ary se pdc dv dsb myv ext fur gv gag inh ki glk gan guw xal haw rw kbp pam csb kw km kv koi kg gom ks gcr lo lbe ltg lez nia ln jbo lg mt mi tw mwl mdf mnw nqo fj nah na nds-nl nrm nov om pi pag pap pfl pcd krc kaa ksh rm rue sm sat sc trv stq nso sn cu so srn kab roa-tara tet tpi to chr tum tk tyv udm ug vep fiu-vro vls wo xh zea ty ak bm ch ny ee ff got iu ik kl mad cr pih ami pwn pnt dz rmy rn sg st tn ss ti din chy ts kcg ve
Portal di Ensiklopedia Dunia
