Eric Walters

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Eric Walters
CM
Eric Walters - Eden Mills Writers Festival - 2016 (DanH-0627) (cropped).jpg
Walters at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2016
Born
Eric Robert Walters

(1957-03-03) March 3, 1957 (age 68)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationWriter
Known forThe Rule Of Three, Camp X, Shattered, Bifocal

Eric Robert Walters, CM (born March 3, 1957) is a Canadian author of young adult fiction and picture books. [1] [2] He has written over 130 books. [1]

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Background

Walters was an elementary school teacher at Vista Heights Public School in Streetsville, Mississauga. In 1993, he was teaching a grade 5 class in which many of the students were reluctant readers and writers. To encourage them, Walters wrote his first novel, Stand Your Ground. The novel was set in the school and featured the names of many of his students. He has since written more than 70 novels for young adults. [3]

He is a three-time winner of both the Ontario Library Association Silver Birch Award and Red Maple Award. His books have been translated and published in several other countries. [3]

Personal life

Eric Walters was born and raised in Toronto and resides in Guelph, Ontario, with his wife Anita. They have three adult children, Christina, Nicholas and Julia. [4]

In April 2010, Walters walked across the Sahara before writing Just Deserts. With his son, he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for Between Heaven and Earth. He played with tigers before writing Tiger by the Tail. [4]

Walters and his wife founded the Creation of Hope, an organization providing care for orphans in the Mbooni district of Kenya. [5]

Awards

Walters's works have won or been nominated for the following awards:

BookAward(s)
Stars
Trapped in Ice
War of the Eagles
Diamonds in the Rough
The Hydrofoil Mystery
  • Canadian Library Association Honour Book designation, 1998[ citation needed ]
Caged EagIes
  • Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children shortlist, 2001 [11]
  • UNESCO Prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance nomination, 2003 [11]
Rebound
  • Red Maple Award, 2002 [12]
  • Snow Willow Award, 2002 [13]
The Bully Boys
Camp X
Run
  • Torgi Award, 2004 [16]
We All Fall Down
  • Red Maple Winner, 2006 [12]
Shattered
  • White Pine Winner, 2006 [17]
Safe as Houses
  • Red Maple Winner, 2007 [12]
The Pole
The King of Jam Sandwiches

Published works

Fiction

Non-fiction

References

  1. 1 2 "Eric Walters". Orca Book Publishers. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  2. ↑ Medley, Mark (31 January 2014). "Eric Walters: The hardest-working writer in Canada". National Post. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  3. 1 2 Gardner, Suzanne (11 March 2012). "Eric Walters". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  4. 1 2 "About". Eric Walters. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Home". Creation of Hope. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011.
  6. ↑ "OLA: Silver Birch Award: 1997". Canadian Books & Authors. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "Research Guides: Forest of Reading®, K to 6 Programs: Silver Birch Fiction Nominees, 1997". Queens University Library Research Guides. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  8. ↑ Walters, Eric (1996). Stars. Stoddart. ISBN   978-0-7736-7447-9.
  9. ↑ "1990s Canadian Literary Awards". Canadian Books & Authors. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  10. 1 2 3 "War of the Eagles". Orca Book Publishers. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  11. 1 2 "Caged Eagles". Orca Book Publishers. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  12. 1 2 3 "Research Guides: Forest of Reading®, 7 to 12 Programs: Red Maple Winners & Nominees, 1998-2026". Queens University Library Research Guides. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  13. ↑ "2002". Willow Awards. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  14. ↑ "OLA: Red Maple Award: 2002". Canadian Books & Authors. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  15. 1 2 "Camp X by Eric Walters". Canadian Books & Authors.
  16. ↑ Berry, David (11 February 2020). "Run". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  17. ↑ Berry, David (21 February 2020). "Shattered". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  18. ↑ "National Outdoor Book Award". North Vancouver City Library. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  19. ↑ "THE KING OF JAM SANDWICHES by Eric Walters Wins the 2020 Governor General's Award for Young People's Literature!". Transatlantic Agency. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
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