Deborah "Debby" Dahl Edwardson (born 1951) is an American author of young adult fiction.
Biography Debby Edwardson was born Deborah Dahl in 1951 and grew up in Minnesota. She received a degree in English from Colorado College, and an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2005.Mike Dunham. "Barrow author had to keep award nomination a secret". Anchorage Daily News, 2/15/2011.
In 2011, Edwardson was a finalist for the National Book Award in the young adult category.Mike Dunham. "Barrow writer among finalists for National Book Award". Anchorage Daily News, 10/13/2011. She is an instructor at Iḷisaġvik College, a community college in Utqiagvik, Alaska.Sandy Solenberger. "Early education the focus of North Slope's first year in the Imagination Library". Arctic Sounder, 5/17/2011.
She and her husband George Edwardson have seven children.Dermot Cole. "Barrow writer Debby Dahl Edwardson a finalist for National Book Award" Fairbanks Daily News Miner, 10/15/2011. She lives in Utqiagvik, Alaska.Barrow writer among finalists for National Book Award, Anchorage Daily News, Mike Dunham, October 20, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2020. She was the president of the North Slope Borough School Board."More local teachers demanded at latest joint education meeting". Arctic Sounder, 2/15/2011.
Books Whale Snow (2003). Blessing's Bead (2009) was named in the American Library Association's 2011 list of Best Fiction for Young Adults"2011 Best Fiction for Young Adults". American Library Association. and was named in the Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth of 2010 by Booklist. My Name is Not Easy (2010) is the story of three Native Alaskan children who are sent to boarding school."MY NAME IS NOT EASY". Kirkus Reviews, 8/15/2011.
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