Hrdlitschka's three daughters provided their mother with source material during their teen years.
I never did get back to teaching, but I now enjoy visiting schools and libraries and talking to students about the writing process and about the value of perseverance-setting goals and sticking to them." The second book contract came six months af- In this award-winning novel a pregnant teen realizes that she must make some of the crucial choices in her life on her own.ter the first! I've written and published many parenting articles, book reviews, and newspaper columns, but I focus solely on teen fiction now. It took ten long years before I landed my first book contract, but the wait made it that much more rewarding. As she once told SATA: "I discovered my love of children's literature while teaching elementary school, so, while on a parenting leave, I decided to try writing children's stories myself. SidelightsĬanadian author Shelley Hrdlitschka began her writing career while she was still a teacher. Contributor of articles and reviews to magazines. Tangled Web (sequel to Disconnected), Orca (Custer, WA), 2000.ĭancing Naked, Orca (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada), 2001, Orca (Custer, WA), 2002. Writingsīeans on Toast, illustrated by Ljuba Levstek, Orca (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada), 1998.ĭisconnected, Orca (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada), 1998.
Our Choice Award, Canadian Children's Book Centre BC2000 Book Award, 2000, for Tangled Web Canadian Library Association Young-Adult Honor Book citation, White Pine Award, and CCBC Our Choice Award, all 2002, Best Book nomination and Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, both American Library Association (ALA), both 2003, Popular Paperback citation, ALA, 2005, and Choice for Young Adults citation, International Reading Association, all for Dancing Naked New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age selection, White Pines Honor Book designation, and Arthur Ellis Award nomination, Crime Writers of Canada, all 2005, all for Kat's Fall. Writers Union of Canada, Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators, and Performers, Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable, Children's Writers and Illustrators of British Columbia. Elementary schoolteacher in Delta, British Columbia, Canada, 1979–86 currently, writer and teacher of creative writing classes.
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