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Katherine Paterson
Paterson in 2011
Paterson in 2011
BornKatherine Womeldorf[1]
(1932-10-31) October 31, 1932 (age 91)
Huai'an, Jiangsu, China
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
  • King University
  • Presbyterian School of Christian Education
  • Union Theological Seminary
Period1973–present
GenreChildren's and young-adult novels
Notable works
  • The Master Puppeteer (1975)
  • Bridge to Terabithia (1977)
  • The Great Gilly Hopkins (1978)
  • Jacob Have I Loved (1980)
  • The Day of the Pelican (2009)
Notable awards
  • National Book Award (1977; 1979)
  • Newbery Medal (1977; 1981)
  • Hans Christian Andersen Award (1998)
  • Astrid Lindgren Award (2006)
  • NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature (2007)
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (2013)
Spouse
John Barstow Paterson
(m. 1962; died 2013)
Website
www.terabithia.com

Katherine Womeldorf Paterson (born October 31, 1932)[1] is an American writer best known for children's novels, including Bridge to Terabithia. For four different books published 1975–1980, she won two Newbery Medals and two National Book Awards. She is one of four people to win the two major international awards; for "lasting contribution to children's literature" she won the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing in 1998[2][3] and for her career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" she won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council in 2006, the biggest monetary prize in children's literature.[4] Also for her body of work she was awarded the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature in 2007[5] and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal from the American Library Association in 2013.[6][7] She was the second US National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, serving 2010 and 2011.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Paterson, Katherine". Library of Congress Authorities (lccn.loc.gov). Retrieved October 31, 2015.
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  5. ^ "2007 – Katherine Paterson - The Neustadt Prize". Neustadtprize.org. June 11, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
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