Caroline Adderson (born September 9, 1963) 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, to James Neil and Bernice Adderson.
She received a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of British Columbia in 1986. Following graduation, she attended a writing program at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.
Aside from writing, she has taught at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and Simon Fraser University.
Adderson presently lives in Vancouver with her husband, Bruce Sweeney.
Awards and honours In 2006, Adderson received the Marian Engel Award, "given annually to an outstanding Canadian female writer in mid-career in recognition of her body of work."
In 2010, Quill & Quire and The Globe and Mail named The Sky is Falling one of the best books of the year. +Awards for Adderson's writingYearTitleAwardResultRef.1993Bad ImaginingsGovernor General's Award for English-language fictionShortlist1994Ethel Wilson Fiction PrizeWinner1999Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction PrizeShortlist2000Ethel Wilson Fiction PrizeShortlist2004Sitting PracticeEthel Wilson Fiction PrizeWinnerVanCity PrizeShortlist2006Pleased to Meet YouScotiabank Giller PrizeLonglist"Locals on longlist of nominees". The Telegram, September 12, 2006.2011Commonwealth Writers PrizeNominee2012International Dublin Literary AwardLonglist2013Sunday Times Short Story AwardLonglistMiddle of NowhereCLA Book of the Year for Children AwardShortlistSheila A. Egoff Children's Literature PrizeWinner2015Ellen in PiecesEthel Wilson Fiction PrizeShortlistNorman, Speak!Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature PrizeFinalist2016Vancouver VanishesBill Duthie Booksellers' Choice AwardFinalist2022Sunny Days Inside and Other StoriesRuth & Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award for Young Adult/Middle GradeFinalist2024A Way to Be HappyGiller PrizeLonglist"12 Canadian books make 2024 longlist for $100K Giller Prize". CBC Books, September 4, 2024.
Publications
As editor
Vancouver Vanishes: Narratives of Demolition and Revival (2016) Best Canadian Stories 2019 (2019)
Short story collections Bad Imaginings (1993, ) Pleased to Meet You: Stories (2006, ) Sunny Days Inside (2021) A Way to Be Happy (2024)
Novels A History of Forgetting (1999) Sitting Practice (2003, ) The Sky Is Falling (2010, Thomas Allen Publishers) Ellen in Pieces (2014, ) A Russian Sister (2020)
Novella Mr. Justice (2005, )
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
Star of the Week, illustrated by Ben Clanton (2012) Left Behind, illustrated by Ben Clanton (2013) Not in Love, illustrated by Ben Clanton (2014) You're in Trouble, illustrated by Ben Clanton (2015) Lost and Found, illustrated by Mike Shiell (2015) 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
Sources W. H. New, ed. Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002: 9. Records of Caroline Adderson are held by Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and Rare Books Adderson at Writers' Union of Canada: CV, Publications, Awards
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