Kathryn Erskine is an American writer of

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. She won the 2010

National Book Award for Young People's Literature The National Book Award for Young People's Literature is one of five annual National Book Awards, which are given by the National Book Foundation (NBF) to recognize outstanding literary work by US citizens. They are awards "by writers to writers".< ...

and the 2012 Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award for her novel, ''

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''.

Life

Erskine's family traveled widely during her childhood due to her father's career. She was born in the Netherlands and has lived in

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, and

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. Erskine now lives in Virginia with her husband, Bill. She has two children, Fiona and Gavin. She also has a dog named Maxine. She was a lawyer for many years before writing. She presents workshops at the

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."Kathryn Erskine"
The Writers Center.

Bibliography

* ''Quaking'', Penguin, 2007, * ''

'', Penguin, 2010, — winner of the

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"National Book Awards – 2010"

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(NBF). Retrieved 2012-04-16.
(With acceptance speech by Erskine; interview, reading, and other material replicated for all five Young People's Literature authors and books.)"2010 National Book Award Winner, Young People's Literature"
(November 17, 2010). NBF. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
(Acceptance speech by Erskine with some other material.) * * ''Seeing Red'', Scholastic, 2013, * ''Mama Africa!: How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song'', Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), * ''The Badger Knight'', Scholastic, 2014, ISBN 978-0-54546442-0

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''Publishers Weekly'', Sue Corbett, April 8, 2010 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Erskine, Kathryn American children's writers National Book Award for Young People's Literature winners College of William & Mary alumni Dutch emigrants to the United States Living people Year of birth missing (living people)