Katherine Paterson
Auteur van Een brug naar Terabithia
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Katherine Paterson was born in Qing Jiang, Jiangsu, China in 1932. She attended King College in Bristol, Tennessee and then graduate school in Virginia where she studied Bible and Christian education. Before going to graduate school, she was a teacher for one year and after graduate school, she toon meer moved to Japan to be a missionary. Her first book, Sign of the Chrysanthemum was published in 1991. Other titles to follow included The Bridge to Terabithia and Jacod Have I Loved which both won her a Newbery Award, The Great Gilly Hopkins, Lyddie and The Master Puppeteer. In addition to the Newbery Award, she is the recipient of numerous others including the Scott O'Dell Award, the National Book Award for Children's Literature, the American Book Award, the American Library Association's Best Books for Young Adults Award and the New York Times Outstanding Books of the Year Award. She was also honored with the Hans Christian Anderson Award. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Katherine Paterson Treasury: Bridge to Terabithia/The Great Gilly Hopkins/Jacob I Have Loved (1994) 97 exemplaren
Back to Terabithia 2 exemplaren
Bridges to Terabithia 1 exemplaar
Banditi e marionette 1 exemplaar
Newbery Honor Set (Great Gilly Hopkins, Headless Cupid, Ella Enchanted, Our Only May Amelia) 1 exemplaar
Jabob Have I Loved 1 exemplaar
Laddie 1 exemplaar
The Way of the Grizzly 1 exemplaar
Be Part of the American Dream Read! 1 exemplaar
Katherine Paterson Set (Come Sing Jimmy Jo~Jacob Have I Loved~Bridge to Terabithia~Preacher's Boy) (1986) 1 exemplaar
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The Year Christmas Invaded Our Island 1 exemplaar
The Horn Book Magazine 1 exemplaar
PONTE DE TERABÍTIA 1 exemplaar
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On the Wings of Peace: Writers and Illustrators Speak Out for Peace, in Memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1995) — Medewerker — 97 exemplaren
Under the Spell of the Moon: Art for Children from the World's Great Illustrators (2004) — Voorwoord, sommige edities — 64 exemplaren
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- Officiële naam
- Paterson, Katherine Womeldorf
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Womeldorf, Katherine (birth)
- Geboortedatum
- 1932-10-31
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Qing Jiang, Jiangsu, China
- Woonplaatsen
- Barre, Vermont, USA
Takoma Park, Maryland, USA
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Shanghai, China - Opleiding
- King College (BA|English|1954)
Presbyterian School of Christian Education (MA|Bible and Christian Education) - Beroepen
- novelist
children's book author
teacher
missionary - Relaties
- Paterson, John (husband)
- Organisaties
- National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance (vice-president)
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (2006)
- Korte biografie
- Katherine Paterson was born in China, where she spent part of her early childhood. After her education in China and the American South, she spent four years in Japan. Mrs. Paterson has received numerous awards for her writing. Mrs. Paterson lives with her husband in Vermont. They have four grown children. {adapted from Bridge to Terabithia (1977)]
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