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Katherine Paterson

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    (October 31, 1932- )
    Born in Huai'an, China
    Birth name was Katherine Womeldorf
    Wrote 'The Sign of the Chrysanthemum' (1973), 'The Master Puppeteer' (1975), 'The Bridge to Terabithia' (1977), 'The Great Gilly Hopkins' (1978), 'Jacob Have I Loved' (1980), 'Rebels of the Heavenly Kingdom' (1983), 'Park's Quest' (1988), 'Lyddie' (1991), 'Jip, His Story' (1996), 'The Same Stuff As Stars' (2002), and 'The Day of the Pelican' (2009)
    Second author named Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress (2010)

Why she might be annoying:

    She said one of her main activities in college was 'avoiding math whenever possible.'
    Her use of adult themes has resulted in her books being frequently challenged in libraries and schools.
    She said that during the writing of every book, she reaches a point where she is convinced she will never finish. (She noted that he husband, hearing her complaints, would inevitably comment, 'Oh, you've reached THAT stage.')

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her parents were missionaries and she learned Chinese before English.
    While growing up, her family moved fifteen times in twelve years.
    She won the two major international awards for lifetime achievement in children's literature, the Hans Christian Andersen Medal (1993) and the Astrid Lindgren Award (2006).
    The American Library Association awarded her the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (2013) and credited her with 'pav[ing] the way for ever more realistic writing for young people.'
    She said regarding complaints about 'The Bridge to Terabithia,' 'I don't like to offend people, but I knew it was a story I had to tell, and I had to tell it in the way I told it. So, I can't apologize for it.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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