Karen Cushman (born October 4, 1941) is an
American
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writer of historical fiction.
Career
Cushman's 1995 novel
''
The Midwife's Apprentice'' won the
Newbery Medal
The John Newbery Medal, frequently shortened to the Newbery, is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to the author of "the most distinguished cont ...
for children's literature, and her 1994 novel ''
Catherine, Called Birdy'' won a
Newbery Honor
Newbery is a surname.
People
* Chantelle Newbery (born 1977), Australian Olympic diver
* David Newbery (born 1943), British economist
*Eduardo Newbery (1878–1908), Argentine odontologist and aerostat pilot
* Francis Newbery (disambiguation), s ...
. She has a bachelor of arts degree in Greek and English from
Stanford University and master's degrees in human behavior and museum studies.sup For 11 years she was adjunct professor in the Museum Studies Department at
John F. Kennedy University before resigning in 1996 to write full-time. She lives and writes on
Vashon Island
Vashon is a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. It covers an island alternately called Vashon Island or Vashon–Maury Island, the largest island in Puget Sound south of Admiralty Inlet. The population was 10, ...
, Washington.
[Author's biography, inside rear cover, "The Midwife's Apprentice" 2nd edition, ]
Books
* ''
Catherine, Called Birdy'' (1994)
* ''
The Midwife's Apprentice'' (1995)
* ''The Ballad of Lucy Whipple'' (1998)
* ''Matilda Bone'' (2000)
* ''Rodzina'' (2004)
* ''The Loud Silence of Francine Green'' (2006)
* ''Alchemy and Meggy Swann'' (2010)
* ''Will Sparrow's Road'' (2012)
* ''Grayling's Song'' (2016)
*''War and Millie McGonigle'' (2021)
Other media
''The Ballad of Lucy Whipple'' was made into a TV film, broadcast in 2001.
''Catherine Called Birdy'' was made into a film in 2022, see
Catherine Called Birdy (film)
''Catherine Called Birdy'' is a 2022 medieval comedy film written and directed by Lena Dunham, based on the 1994 novel of the same name by Karen Cushman. It stars Bella Ramsey as the title character, alongside Billie Piper, Andrew Scott, Les ...
.
Awards
* 1995
Newbery Honor
Newbery is a surname.
People
* Chantelle Newbery (born 1977), Australian Olympic diver
* David Newbery (born 1943), British economist
*Eduardo Newbery (1878–1908), Argentine odontologist and aerostat pilot
* Francis Newbery (disambiguation), s ...
for ''
Catherine, Called Birdy''
[ALA]
Newbery Medal & Honor Books, 1922-Present
Retrieved 2008-12-19.
* 1995
Golden Kite Award
The Golden Kite Awards are given annually by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, an international children's writing organization, to recognize excellence in children’s literature. The award is a golden medallion showing ...
for ''
Catherine, Called Birdy''
* 1996
Newbery Medal
The John Newbery Medal, frequently shortened to the Newbery, is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to the author of "the most distinguished cont ...
for ''
The Midwife's Apprentice''
* 1997
John and Patricia Beatty Award for ''The Ballad of Lucy Whipple'', given by the California Library Association.
* 2004
Washington State Book Award
The Washington State Book Awards is a literary awards program presented annually in recognition of notable books written by Washington authors in the previous year. The program was established in 1967 as the Governor's Writers Awards. Each year, ...
for ''Rodzina''
* 2007
Kerlan Award
The Kerlan Award is a literary award given by the University of Minnesota's Kerlan Collection, a special library focusing on children's literature. Many awards focus on the finished product, but the Kerlan Award is given based on the creative proc ...
at the University of Minnesota's Children's Literature Research Collection for her contributions to the Kerlan Collection.
[CLN. . Retrieved 12-04-04.]
References
External links
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1941 births
American children's writers
American historical novelists
Newbery Honor winners
Newbery Medal winners
Writers from Chicago
Living people
American women children's writers
American women novelists
Women historical novelists
20th-century American novelists
20th-century American women writers
Novelists from Illinois
People from Vashon, Washington
21st-century American women