Polly Horvath (born January 30, 1957 in Kalamazoo, Michigan) is an American-Canadian author of novels for children and young adults. She won the 2003 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The Canning Season, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux."National Book Awards – 2003" . National Book Foundation (NBF). Retrieved 2012-01-26. (With acceptance speech by Horvath an introduction by jury chair Susan Campbell Bartoletti: this year's entries "reveal that there are few or no subject boundaries left between books for young people and books for adults.") In 2010, Horvath received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People.
Biography Horvath was born 30 January 1957 in Kalamazoo, Michigan to John Anthony and Betty Ann Horvath. Horvath began writing at the age of eight.
She attended the Canadian College of Dance in Toronto and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in New York City. She lived in New York City and Montreal before settling on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia."About Polly Horvath" . Polly Horvath. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
Horvath once declared, "I don't have that much fun writing them. I have the most fun when I'm on the last page."
She is married to Arnold Keller, a professor, with whom she has two daughters: Emily Willa and Rebecca Avery Keller.
Awards and honors In 2010, Horvath received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, which is considered a top honour for Canadian children's book writers and illustrators.
Six of Horvath's books are Junior Library Guild selections: My One Hundred Adventures (2009), Northward to the Moon (2010), One Year in Coal Harbor (2013), The Night Garden (2017), Very Rich (2018), and Pine Island Home (2020).
Her books have also landed on many lists of the best books of the year:
In 1999, The Horn Book Magazine named The Trolls one of the best children's fiction books of the year. In 2003, Horn Book Magazine named The Canning Season one of the best children's fiction books of the year. In 2004, Horn Book Magazine named The Pepins and Their Problems one of the best children's fiction books of the year. In 2008, Booklist and School Library Journal named My One Hundred Adventures one of the best children's books of the year. In 2013, School Library Journal named One Year in Coal Harbor one of the best children's books of the year.
+Awards for Horvath's writingYearTitleAwardResultRef.1999ALSC Notable Children's BookSelectionBoston Globe–Horn Book Award for Fiction HonorNational Book Award for Young People's LiteratureFinalist2001Everything on a WaffleBoston Globe–Horn Book Award for Fiction and PoetryHonorMr. Christie's Book Award: English, Ages 8 to 11Winner2002ALSC Notable Children's BookSelectionNewbery MedalHonorSheila A. Egoff Children's Literature PrizeWinner2003National Book Award for Young People's LiteratureWinner2004ALA Best Fiction for Young AdultsSelectionAmazing Audiobooks for Young AdultsSelectionCanadian Library Association Young Adult Book AwardWinnerSheila A. Egoff Children's Literature PrizeFinalist2006The VacationSheila A. Egoff Children's Literature PrizeFinalist2007Chocolate Lily Young Readers’ Choice AwardWinner2008The Corps of the Bare-Boned PlaneSheila A. Egoff Children's Literature PrizeWinner2009My One Hundred AdventuresSheila A. Egoff Children's Literature PrizeWinner2011Northward to the MoonSheila A. Egoff Children's Literature PrizeFinalist2013One Year in Coal HarborBolen Books Children’s Book PrizeWinnerTD Canadian Children's Literature AwardWinner2019Very RichSheila A. Egoff Children's Literature PrizeFinalist
Publications An Occasional Cow (1989) No More Cornflakes (1990) The Happy Yellow Car (1994) When the Circus Came to Town (1996) The Trolls (1999) Everything on a Waffle (2001) The Canning Season (2003) The Pepins and their Problems (2004) The Vacation (2005) The Corps of the Bare-Boned Plane (2007) My One Hundred Adventures (2008) Northward to the Moon (2010) Mr. and Mrs. Bunny—Detectives Extraordinaire! (2012) One Year in Coal Harbor (2012) Lord and Lady Bunny—Almost Royalty! (2014)
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External links
Mrs. Bunny at LC Authorities