Rebecca Fjelland Davis (born 1956) is an American

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others asp ...

and children's book author who lives in

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. She is currently an instructor at South Central College in

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, where she teaches composition studies,

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and film, and critical thinking in

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. Her novels, ''Chasing AllieCat'' and ''Jake Riley: Irreparably Damaged'', have been reviewed by '' Kirkus Reviews''.

Biography

Davis grew up on a farm outside

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. She graduated with honors from

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, St. Cloud State University (earning her

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) and from

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(earning her Master of Fine Arts in

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). A former marathoner and two-time women's champion of the National 24-Hour Challenge cycling event, she has been known to work athletic themes into her young adult writing, similar to her former husband Terry Davis.

Bibliography

*''10, 9, 8 Polar Animals: A Counting Backward Book''. Capstone Press, 2006. . *''Beaches and Bicycles: A Summer Counting Book''. Capstone Press, 2006. . *''Chasing AllieCat''. Flux, 2011. . *''Counting Pets by Twos''. Capstone Press, 2006. . *''Flowers and Showers: A Spring Counting Book''. Capstone Press, 2006. . *''Footballs and Falling Leaves: A Fall Counting Book''. Capstone Press, 2006. . *''Jake Riley: Irreparably Damaged''. HarperTempest, 2003. . *''The History of the Washington Mystics (Women's Pro Basketball Today)''. Creative Education, 1999. . *''Medusa Tells All: Beauty Missing, Hair Hissing (The Other Side of Myth)''. Capstone Press, 2014. *''More or Less: A Rainforest Counting Book''. Capstone Press, 2006. . *''Snowflakes and Ice Skates: A Winter Counting Book''. Capstone Press, 2006. . *''Woof & Wag: Bringing Home a Dog''. Picture Window Books, 2008. . *''Zoo Animals: 1,2,3''. Capstone Press, 2006. .

Anthologies

*''Wonderful Things I Scarcely Understand: Twenty Years of Robert Wright Award Winners''. Edited by Roger Sheffer.

, 2003. . *''Girl Meets Boy: Because There are Two Sides to Every Story''. Edited by Kelly Milner Halls. Chronicle, 2012. .

Awards

* 1990: Robert Wright Creative Writing Contest Winner.

. * 2003: Blue Ribbon Award Winner (for ''Jake Riley: Irreparably Damaged''),

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. * 2007: Honorable Mention Award (for ''Chasing AllieCat'', a work-in-progress YA novel), Loft Awards for Children's Literature /Older Children. * 2008: Artist Initiative Grant (for ''Slider's Son'', work-in-progress middle grade novel), Minnesota State Arts Board. * 2011: Junior Library Guild Selection -- ''Chasing AllieCat'' * 2017: Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council Mid-Career Artist Grant (for ''Slider's Son'' publication promotion)

References

External links

Rebecca Fjelland Davis' Homepage
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