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Biography

Caroline Adderson is the author of six published books for children. Very Serious Children (Scholastic 2007), is a novel for middle grade readers about two brothers, the sons of clowns, who run away from the circus. I, Bruno (Orca 2007) and its sequel, Bruno For Real (Orca 2009), are collections of stories for emerging readers featuring seven year-old Bruno and his true life adventures. She has also published a teen novella, Film Studies (Annick 2010). Her most recent books are a novel for the primary set, Jasper John Dooley, Star of the Week (Kids Can 2011) , and a middle grade novel, Middle of Nowhere (Groundwood 2012).

Caroline also writes for adults and has won two Ethel Wilson Fiction Prizes, three CBC Literary Awards, as well as the 2006 Marion Engel Award for mid-career achievement. Her numerous nominations include the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist, the Governor General's Literary Award, the Rogers' Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the Commonwealth Writers Prize.

Her twelve year-old son Patrick and his many friends inspire her writing for children. Caroline and her family live in Vancouver, B.C.

Book types: juvenile fiction, YA fiction

Guest speaker/presentation information

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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: primary school, grades K-3, grades 4-6, grades 7-8, high school, college/university/adult

Published work

Middle of Nowhere, Groundwood 2012
Jasper John Dooley, Star of the Week, Kids Can 2012
Film Studies, Annick 2010
Bruno For Real, Orca 2009
Very Serious Children, Scholastic Canada 2007
Des enfants drolement serieux, Scholastic Canada 2007
I, Bruno, Orca, 2007

Awards & recognition

Children's Writing:
Winner, 2008 Diamond Willow Award for Very Serious
Nominee, 2009 Shining Willow Award for I, Bruno
Nominee, 2008-2009 Chocolate Lily Book Award for I, Bruno
Nominee, 2009 Rocky Mountain Book Award for Very Serious Children


Adult Writing:
The Marian Engel Award, 2006
The Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize: 2003, 1994
CBC Literary Award: 2005, 1991, 1988

Also nominated for: 2012 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 2011 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize (longlist), 2004 City of Vancouver Book Award, 2004 Vancity Book Prize, 2000 Rogers' Writers' Trust Book Prize, 1994 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, 1993 Governor General's Literary Award, 1993 Journey Prize, 1991 National Magazine Award