Caroline Adderson

Caroline Adderson
Born (1963-09-09) September 9, 1963 (age 61)
Edmonton, Alberta
OccupationNovelist and short story writer
NationalityCanadian
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia
SpouseBruce Sweeney
Website

Caroline Adderson (born September 9, 1963)[1][2] is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. She has published four novels, two short story collections and two books for young readers.

Biography

Adderson was born on September 9, 1963, in Edmonton, Alberta[1] to James Neil and Bernice Adderson.[2]

She received a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of British Columbia in 1986.[1][2] Following graduation, she attended a writing program at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.[1]

Aside from writing, she has taught at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and Simon Fraser University.[1][3]

Adderson presently lives in Vancouver with her husband, Bruce Sweeney.

Awards and honours

In 2006, Adderson received the Marian Engel Award,[1] "given annually to an outstanding Canadian female writer in mid-career in recognition of her body of work."[4]

In 2010, Quill & Quire and The Globe and Mail named The Sky is Falling one of the best books of the year.[1]

Awards for Adderson's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
1993 Bad Imaginings Governor General's Award for English-language fiction Shortlist [1][5]
1994 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize Winner [1]
1999 A History of Forgetting Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Shortlist [1]
2000 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize Shortlist [1]
2004 Sitting Practice Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize Winner [1]
VanCity Prize Shortlist [1]
2006 Pleased to Meet You Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist [1][6]
2011 The Sky is Falling Commonwealth Writers Prize Nominee [1]
2012 International Dublin Literary Award Longlist [7]
2013 Sunday Times Short Story Award Longlist [8]
Middle of Nowhere CLA Book of the Year for Children Award Shortlist [9]
Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize Winner [10]
2015 Ellen in Pieces Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize Shortlist
Norman Speak! Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize Finalist
2016 Vancouver Vanishes Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award Finalist
2024 A Way to Be Happy Giller Prize Longlist [11]

Publications

As editor

  • Vancouver Vanishes: Narratives of Demolition and Revival (2016)
  • Best Canadian Stories 2019 (2019)

Short story collections

  • Bad Imaginings (1993, ISBN 0-88984-172-1)
  • Pleased to Meet You: Stories (2006, ISBN 0-88762-220-8)
  • Sunny Days Inside (2021)
  • A Way to Be Happy (2024)

Novels

  • A History of Forgetting (1999)
  • Sitting Practice (2003, ISBN 0-88762-129-5)
  • The Sky is Falling (2010, Thomas Allen Publishers)
  • Ellen in Pieces (2014, ISBN 1-443-42678-4)
  • A Russian Sister (2020)

Novella

Children's fiction

  • Very Serious Children (2007)
  • Middle of Nowhere (2012)
  • Norman, Speak!, illustrated by Qin Leng (2014)
  • A Simple Case of Angels (2014)
  • Eat, Leo! Eat!, illustrated by Josée Bisaillon (2015)
  • I Love You, One to Ten, illustrated by Christina Leist (2015)
  • The Mostly True Story of Pudding Tat, Adventuring Cat, illustrated by Stacy Innerst (2019)
  • It Happened on Sweet Street, illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch (2020)
  • Babble!: And How Punctuation Saved It, illustrated by Roman Muradov (2022)

Bruno series

  • I, Bruno, illustrated by Helen Flook (2007)
  • Bruno for Real, illustrated by Helen Flook (2008)

Izzy series

The Izzy books are illustrated by Kelly Collier.

  • Izzy in the Doghouse
  • Izzy's Tail of Trouble (2022)
  • Izzy's Dog Days of Summer (2023)

Jasper John Dooley series

  1. Star of the Week, illustrated by Ben Clanton (2012)
  2. Left Behind, illustrated by Ben Clanton (2013)
  3. Not in Love, illustrated by Ben Clanton (2014)
  4. You're in Trouble, illustrated by Ben Clanton (2015)
  5. Lost and Found, illustrated by Mike Shiell (2015)
  6. Public Library Enemy #1, illustrated by Mike Shiell (2016)

Pierre & Paul series

The Pierre & Paul books are illustrated by Alice Carter.

  • Avalanche! (2020)
  • Dragon! (2021)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Jessop, Paula (2013-12-16). "Caroline Adderson". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2019-12-30. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  2. ^ a b c "Adderson, Caroline 1963–". Encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  3. ^ "Caroline Adderson". Simon Fraser University. Archived from the original on 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  4. ^ "Caroline Adderson". The Banff Centre. Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  5. ^ "Shields in running for Governor General Award; Nomination comes just after Booker Prize loss". Halifax Daily News. 1993-10-29.
  6. ^ "Locals on longlist of nominees". The Telegram, September 12, 2006.
  7. ^ "2012 Longlist". Dublin Literary Award. Archived from the original on 2023-02-04. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  8. ^ "The longlist is revealed". The Sunday Times. 2013-01-23. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 2023-04-23. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  9. ^ "Canadian Library Association Announces Shortlist for 2013 Book of the Year for Children Award". Canadian Library Association. 2013-03-01. Archived from the original on 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  10. ^ "Winners of the 2013 B.C. Book Prizes announced". The Georgia Straight. 2013-05-05. Archived from the original on 2013-05-08. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  11. ^ "12 Canadian books make 2024 longlist for $100K Giller Prize". CBC Books, September 4, 2024.

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