Eric Walters

Eric Robert Walters (born 1957) is a Canadian author of children's literature.[1] His novels have been enthusiastically received by children and young adults and critically acclaimed by teachers, reviewers and parents.

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Background

Walters was an elementary school teacher at Vista Heights Public School in Streetsville, Ontario. In 1993, he was teaching a grade 5 class, where many of the students were reluctant readers and writers. To encourage them to become more involved in literature, Walters began writing and created his first novel, Stand Your Ground, for his class. The novel was set in the school where Walters was teaching, included features from the community and the names of many of his students. He continued writing and has since written more than seventy novels for young adults.

His novels have garnered more than 100 awards, including being the only three time winner of both the Ontario Library Association Silver Birch and Red Maple Awards – voted by over 100,000 students throughout the province of Ontario. His books have been translated in various languages and published in many countries.

In addition to writing, Walters makes presentations across Canada and around the world, speaking to over 125,000 students each year. He encourages them to become more enthusiastic readers and writers.[2]

Personal Life

Eric Walters was born and raised in Toronto and now resides in Mississauga, Ontario, with his wife, Anita and his dogs Lola and Winnie the Poodle, while his three grown children, Christina, Nick and Julia reside in the area.

Eric often experiences the books he is writing. In April 2010 he walked 200 kilometers across the Sahara desert in order to write Just Deserts and in the summer, along with his son, he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for his upcoming book, Between Heaven and Earth.

In addition Eric founded and runs The Creation of Hope [3] an organization dedicated to providing care for orphans in the Mbooni district of Kenya. Presently over 400 orphans are being provided with a services which include food, school fees, uniforms, tools, beds, livestock and the construction of two children’s residences in the town of Kikima. He also went to Hillside Senior Public School which Mostafa is a student in it in class 704

Awards

Walters's works have won or been nominated for the following awards:[4]

Published Works

Fiction

Non-fiction

Coming Soon

References

  1. ^ "Eric Walters". Orca Book Publishers. http://www.orcabook.com/contributorinfo.cfm?ContribID=32. Retrieved 26 March 2010. 
  2. ^ "Eric Walters Homepage.". http://www.ericwalters.net/razorside/viewWebSite.do?webSiteId=1129511535294133. 
  3. ^ "Creation of Hope home". http://creationofhope.com/. Retrieved 29 October 2011. 
  4. ^ "Eric Walters bio". JRank.org. http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1046/Walters-Eric-Robert-1957.html#ixzz0d0twuVS3. Retrieved 26 March 2010. 

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