Margaret Bechard

Margaret Bechard
Born 1953
Occupation Writer
Nationality American
Period 1990s-present
Genres Science fiction, Children's literature
www.margaretbechard.com

Margaret Bechard is an American author of contemporary science fiction for children and young adults.

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Biography

Bechard was born in 1953 in Chico, California. She received her bachelor’s degree in English literature from Reed College in 1976.[1] She is married to Lee Boekelheide and they have three sons.[2] She lives in Tigard, Oregon.[3]

Bechard served as the Young People’s Literature Chair of the 2006 National Book Award Committee.[4] Her books are published in English, French, Swedish and Korean.[5] She teaches in the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts.[6]

Awards

Hanging on to Max, a story about a teenage father, was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and School Library Journal Best Book of the Year in 2004.[3][7][8][9]

Star Hatchling, a middle grade novel, received the Eleanor Cameron award, a Golden Duck Award for Excellence in Children's Science Fiction in 1996.[3][10]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1840/Bechard-Margaret-1953.html
  2. ^ http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2006/02/author-interview-margaret-bechard-on.html
  3. ^ a b c http://us.macmillan.com/author/margaretbechard
  4. ^ http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2006_ypl_anderson.html
  5. ^ http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88-193922
  6. ^ http://www.vermontcollege.edu/writing-children-young-adults/faculty-staff
  7. ^ http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/annotations/2003bestbooks.cfm
  8. ^ http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=175018
  9. ^ Yampbell, Cat. “Judging a Book by its Cover: Publishing Trends in Young Adult Literature.” The Lion and the Unicorn 29.3 (2005) 348-372. (Johns Hopkins University Press)
  10. ^ http://www.goldenduck.org/winners.html

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