Polly Horvath | |
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| Born | January 30, 1957 Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American-Canadian |
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| Spouse | Arnold Keller |
| Children | 2 |
Polly Horvath (born January 30, 1957 in Kalamazoo, Michigan) [1] 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. [2] In 2010, Horvath received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People. [3]
Horvath was born 30 January 1957 in Kalamazoo, Michigan [4] to John Anthony and Betty Ann Horvath. [1] Horvath began writing at the age of eight. [1]
She attended the Canadian College of Dance in Toronto and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in New York City. [4] She lived in New York City and Montreal before settling on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia. [5]
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. [1]
In 2010, Horvath received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, [3] 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), [6] Northward to the Moon (2010), [7] One Year in Coal Harbor (2013), [8] The Night Garden (2017), [9] Very Rich (2018), [10] and Pine Island Home (2020). [11]
Her books have also landed on many lists of the best books of the year:
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