Kathryn Lasky

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Kathryn Lasky
Born (1944-06-24) June 24, 1944 (age 80)
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Pen nameE. L. Swann
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater University of Michigan
Notable awards Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature; National Jewish Book Award; Newbery Honor
SpouseChristopher Knight
Website
kathrynlasky.com

Kathryn Lasky (born June 24, 1944) [1] is an American children's writer who also writes for adults under the names Kathryn Lasky Knight and E. L. Swann. Her children's books include several Dear America books, The Royal Diaries books, Sugaring Time, The Night Journey , Wolves of the Beyond, and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. Her awards include Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature, National Jewish Book Award, and Newbery Honor. [2]

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Biography

Kathryn Lasky grew up in Indianapolis. She is Jewish and of Russian descent. [1] She is married to Christopher Knight, with whom she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Deer Isle, Maine. She received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Michigan and a master's degree in early childhood education from Wheelock College. [3]

She was the 2011 winner of the Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature. [4]

She is the author of over one hundred books. Her most notable book series is Guardians of Ga’Hoole, which has more than 8 millions copies printed. Her books have been translated into 19 languages around the world. [1]

Her adult nonfiction work includes the 2011 book, Silk and Venom: Searching for a Dangerous Spider, a biography of the arachnologist Greta Binford, [5] and the 2017 bestseller Night Witches, the story of Soviet women pilots of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment in WWII. [6] [7]

Works

Camp Princess

The Royal Diaries

Dear America

My America

Daughters of the Sea

Horses of the Dawn

  1. The Escape (2014)
  2. Star Rise (2014)
  3. Wild Blood (2016)

Starbuck Family Adventures

Guardians of Ga'Hoole

  1. The Capture (also published as a movie tie-in edition in the UK as Legend of the Guardians)
  2. The Journey
  3. The Rescue
  4. The Siege
  5. The Shattering
  6. The Burning
  7. The Hatchling
  8. The Outcast
  9. The First Collier
  10. The Coming of Hoole
  11. To Be a King
  12. The Golden Tree
  13. The River of Wind
  14. Exile
  15. The War of the Ember

Two guide books were released to give readers more insight into the world of Hoole. They are narrated by the owl Otulissa.

Wolves Of The Beyond

The Deadlies

Bears of the Ice

Portraits

Standalone titles

Children and YA non-fiction


Picture books

Adult

Other than 'Night Gardening all Lasky's works for adult readers are under the name Kathryn Lasky Knight.

Calista Jacobs mystery

This series for adult readers was also written under the name Kathryn Lasky Knight.

  • Trace Elements (1986)
  • Mortal Words (1990)
  • Mumbo Jumbo (1991)
  • Dark Swan (1994)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lasky, Kathryn. "Biography / About Kathryn Lasky". Kathryn Lasky. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  2. Lasky, Kathryn. "Awards and Accolades". Kathryn Lasky. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  3. "Kathryn Lasky". Lookingglassreview.com. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
  4. "Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature". Tulsa Library Trust.
  5. Graves, Bill (November 17, 2011). "Lewis & Clark's spider researcher Greta Binford named 2011 Oregon Professor of the Year". The Oregonian . Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  6. "Night Witches by Kathryn Lasky". Kirkus Reviews . January 15, 2017. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  7. Lasky, Kathryn (2017). Night Witches. Scholastic. ISBN   978-0-545-68298-5 . Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  8. Lasky, Kathryn (2013). Wolves of the Beyond #6: Star Wolf (Hardcover). ISBN   978-0545279628.
  9. "NJBA Winners". Jewish Book Council. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  10. "Past Winners". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  11. "Sophie and Rose by Kathryn Lasky". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  12. Sophie and Rose, by Kathryn Lasky | Booklist Online .
  13. "Past Winners". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  14. "Marven of the Great North Woods". PJ Library.