Английская Википедия:Elana K. Arnold

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox writer Elana Kuczynski Arnold is an American children's and young adult author. Her 2017 novel What Girls Are Made Of was a finalist for the 2017 National Book Award for Young People's Literature,[1][2] and her 2018 novel Damsel was named a Michael L. Printz Award Honor title in 2019.[3][4]

In 2022, three of Arnold's books (Damsel, Red Hood, and What Girls Are Made Of ) were listed among 52 novels banned by the Alpine School District following the implementation of Utah law H.B. 374, “Sensitive Materials In Schools."[5]

Biography

Arnold obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Comparative Literature from University of California, Irvine.[6] In 1998, she Master of Arts degree in English and Creative Writing from the University of California, Davis.[7][6]

Arnold now teaches with Hamline University's Master of Fine Arts program focusing on Writing for Children and Young Adults.[8]

She lives in Southern California.[8]

Awards and honors

Nine of Arnold's book are Junior Library Guild selections: A Boy Called Bat (2017),[9] Bat and the Waiting Game (2018),[10] Damsel (2018),[11] Bat at the End of Everything (2019),[12] The House That Wasn't There (2021),[13] Red Hood (2021),[14] Starla Jean (2021),[15] and Just Harriet (2022).[16]

In 2021, Publishers Weekly named Red Hood one of the top ten young adult novels of the year.[14]

Awards for Arnold's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2015 Infaduous Moonbeam Children's Book Award for Young Adult Fiction - General Winner [17]
2016 Amelia Bloomer Book List Selection [18]
Westchester Fiction Award Winner [19]
2017 What Girls Are Made Of National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist [8]
California Book Award Finalist [8]
2018 Amelia Bloomer Book List Selection [20]
Damsel Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth Selection [21]
2019 Amelia Bloomer Book List Top 10 [22][23]
Michael L. Printz Award Honor [3][4]
2021 Red Hood Amelia Bloomer Book List Top 10 [24]
Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Selection [25]

Publications

Young adult novels

  • Sacred (2012)
  • Burning (2013)
  • Splendor (2013)
  • Infandous (2015)
  • What Girls Are Made Of (2017)
  • Damsel (2018)
  • Red Hood (2020)
  • The Blood Years (2022)

Middle grade books

  • The Question of Miracles (2015)
  • Far From Fair (2016)
  • The House That Wasn't There (2021)
  • Just Harriet (2022)

A Boy Called Bat series

  • A Boy Called Bat (2017)
  • Bat and the Waiting Game (2018)
  • Bat and the End of Everything (2019)

Starla Jean series

  • Starla Jean, illustrated by A. N. Kang (2021)
  • Starla Jean Takes The Cake (2022)
  • Starla Jean Cracks the Case (2023)

Picture books

  • What Riley Wore (2019)
  • All by Himself? (2022)
  • Pip and Zip (2022)

References

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External links

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