Debby Dahl Edwardson
Debby Dahl Edwardson | |
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| Born | Deborah Dahl 1954 (age 69–70) |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Deborah Edwardson |
| Education | Colorado College Vermont College of Fine Arts (MFA) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 2003–present |
Deborah "Debby" Dahl Edwardson (born 1951) is an American author of young adult fiction.
Biography
[edit]Debby Edwardson was born Deborah Dahl in 1951 and grew up in Minnesota. She received a degree in English from Colorado College, and an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2005.[1]
In 2011, Edwardson was a finalist for the National Book Award in the young adult category.[2] She is an instructor at Iḷisaġvik College, a community college in Utqiagvik, Alaska.[3]
She and her husband George Edwardson have seven children.[4] She lives in Utqiagvik, Alaska.[5] She was the president of the North Slope Borough School Board.[6]
Books
[edit]- Whale Snow (2003).
- Blessing's Bead (2009) was named in the American Library Association's 2011 list of Best Fiction for Young Adults[7] and was named in the Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth of 2010 by Booklist.[8]
- My Name is Not Easy (2010) is the story of three Native Alaskan children who are sent to boarding school.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Mike Dunham. "Barrow author had to keep award nomination a secret". Archived 2011-10-17 at the Wayback Machine Anchorage Daily News, 2/15/2011.
- ^ Mike Dunham. "Barrow writer among finalists for National Book Award". Archived 2011-10-15 at the Wayback Machine Anchorage Daily News, 10/13/2011.
- ^ Sandy Solenberger. "Early education the focus of North Slope's first year in the Imagination Library". Arctic Sounder, 5/17/2011.
- ^ Dermot Cole. "Barrow writer Debby Dahl Edwardson a finalist for National Book Award" Archived 2011-10-20 at the Wayback Machine Fairbanks Daily News Miner, 10/15/2011.
- ^ Barrow writer among finalists for National Book Award, Anchorage Daily News, Mike Dunham, October 20, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
- ^ "More local teachers demanded at latest joint education meeting". Arctic Sounder, 2/15/2011.
- ^ "2011 Best Fiction for Young Adults". Archived 2011-10-16 at the Wayback Machine American Library Association.
- ^ "Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth: 2010, by Ilene Cooper | Booklist Online".
- ^ "MY NAME IS NOT EASY". Kirkus Reviews, 8/15/2011.
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Categories:
- 1954 births
- 21st-century American writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- Colorado College alumni
- Living people
- People from Utqiagvik, Alaska
- School board members in Alaska
- Vermont College of Fine Arts alumni
- Writers from Alaska
- Writers from Minneapolis
- Iḷisaġvik College faculty
- American women academics
- American novelist, 1950s birth stubs