mail	4497 Epps Ave. North Vancouver, BC V7G1G2
ph	604-924-9227
cell	604-908-5393
e	shelley.hrdlitschka@shaw.ca
web	http://members.shaw.ca/shelleyhrdlitschka/ http://shelleyhrdlitschka.blogspot.com/

Biography

Shelley discovered her love for children's literature while teaching elementary school in the eighties. Then, while on a parenting leave, she began writing children's stories. It took ten years, but she eventually decided to focus on juvenile and young adult fiction and is now the author of eight award winning novels.

Shelley lives in North Vancouver with her three daughters, Sir Winton (her dog) and Gucci and Chanel (her cats). When she's not writing she can be found hiking, snowshoeing, practising yoga, meditating, or hidden away with a book and some good music.

Book types: YA fiction

Guest speaker/presentation information

Shelley focuses her school and library presentations on the value of perseverance. She describes the pitfalls she encountered on her path to becoming a published author. She discusses where ideas come from using examples from her books and how they change and develop. She touches on numerous literary devices, depending on the age of the audience. Shelley also reads from some of her many rejection letters - the part of the presentation that students seem to like most.

Presentation geographic range: Vancouver, Coast, Lower Mainland, Gulf and Vancouver Islands, Thompson Okanagan, Northern British Columbia, Cariboo Chilcotin Coast, Kootenay Rockies, The Territories, Canada - beyond BC, USA

Presentation audience age groups: grades 4-6, grades 7-8, high school, college/university/adult

Published work

Sister Wife, 2008, Orca Book Publishers
Gotcha!, 2008, Orca Book Publishers
Sun Signs, 2005, Orca Book Publishers
Kat's Fall, 2004, Orca Book Publishers
Dancing Naked, 2002, Orca Book Publishers
Tangled Web, 2000, Orca Book Publishers
Disconnected, 1998, Orca Book Publishers
Beans on Toast, 1998, Orca Book Publishers

Awards & recognition

* 2008 Surrey Board of Trade Special Achievement Award

Sister Wife:
~ Governor General's nominee, 2009
~ White Pine nominee, 2010
~Resource Links Best Bet 2008
~CLA nominee
~Included on the International Reading Association's Young Adult choices list
~Voice of Youth Advocates Top Shelf Fiction list
~ALA Best Book for Young Adults

Gotcha!:
~ White Pine Nominee, 2009
~ Resource Links Best Bet 2008
~ Ontario Librarian Asssociation Best Bet, 2008
~ Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award nominee

Sun Signs:
~ White Pine Nominee, 2006
~ Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award Nominee, 2007
~ ALA Popular Paperback, 2006
~ Snow Willow 2007 nominee
~ Our Choice selection
~ Chicago Public Schools Battle of the Books nominee

Kat's Fall:
~White Pine Honour Book, 2005
~ALA Quick Pick For Reluctant Readers, 2005
~The Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Award Nominee, 2005
~BC Book Award Nominee, 2005
~Manitoba Young Reades Choice Award Nominee, 2006
~Selected for Inclusion in the New York Public Library's 2005 Books for the Teen Age List

Dancing Naked:
~ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers 2003
~ALA Best Book Nominee 2003
~ALA Poular Paperback 2005
~Canadian Library Association Y/A Honour Book 2002
~White Pine Award 2002
~The Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice List 2002
~International Reading Association Choice For Young Adults

Tangled Web:
~BC2000 Book Award

Disconnected:
~The Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice List 1999
~ Nominee - South Carolina Junior Book Award 2001-2002
~2nd Place, Surrey Book of the year, 2000

Beans on Toast:
~The Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice List, 1998
~Moose Jaw & District Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee