Brian Katcher | |
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Born | 1975 (age 48–49) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
Occupation | Author |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Young adult fiction |
Notable works | Almost Perfect (2009) |
Children | 1 |
Website | |
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Brian Katcher (born 1975) is an American author of young adult fiction. His novel Almost Perfect won the 2011 Stonewall Book Award.
Brian Katcher was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1975. He attended the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, then traveled and worked a variety of jobs before beginning his career as a writer. As of 2021, Katcher was living in central Missouri with his wife and daughter. [1]
The American Library Association included Almost Perfect on their list of Rainbow Project Books (2010), [2] Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults (2012), [3] and Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults (2013). [4]
Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2011 | Almost Perfect | James Cook Book Award | Nominee | [5] [ better source needed ] |
Stonewall Book Award | Winner | [6] [7] | ||
Playing with Matches | Missouri Gateway Readers Award | Nominee | [8] [ better source needed ] | |
North Carolina Young Adult Book Award | Winner | [8] [ better source needed ] | ||
2017 | The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak | Missouri Gateway Readers Award | Nominee | [9] [ better source needed ] |
2020 | Deacon Locke Went to Prom | South Carolina Book Award for Young Adult | Nominee | [10] [ better source needed ] |
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