Margaret Bechard

Margaret Bechard (born 1953) is an American author of contemporary and science fiction for children and young adults.

Margaret Bechard
Born1953 (age 67–68)
Chico, California
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Period1990s-present
GenreScience fiction, Children's literature
Website
www.margaretbechard.com

Biography

Bechard was born in 1953 in Chico, California. She received her bachelor's degree in English literature from Reed College in 1976.[1] She is married to Lee Boekelheide and they have three sons and four grandchildren.[2] She lives in Tigard, Oregon.[3]

Bechard served as the Young People's Literature Chair of the 2006 National Book Award Committee.[4] Her books are published in English, French, Swedish and Korean.[5] She teaches in the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts.[6]

Awards

In 1996, Star Hatchling, a middle grade novel about first contact, received the Eleanor Cameron Award, a Golden Duck Award for Excellence in Children's Science Fiction.[3][7]

Hanging on to Max, a story about a teenage father, was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and School Library Journal Best Book of the Year in 2004.[3][8][9][10]

Bibliography
  • My Sister, My Science Report (1990)
  • Tory and Me and the Spirit of True Love (1992)
  • Really No Big Deal (1994)
  • Star Hatchling (1995)
  • My Mom Married the Principal (1998) - a sequel to Really No Big Deal
  • If It Doesn't Kill You (1999)
  • Hanging on to Max (2002)
  • Spacer and Rat (2005)

References
  1. "Margaret Bechard (1953-) Biography - Personal, Career, Member, Honors Awards, Writings, Sidelights".
  2. http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2006/02/author-interview-margaret-bechard-on.html
  3. "Author".
  4. http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2006_ypl_anderson.html
  5. http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88-193922
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 17, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 5, 2009. Retrieved October 10, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=175018
  10. Yampbell, Cat. "Judging a Book by its Cover: Publishing Trends in Young Adult Literature." The Lion and the Unicorn 29.3 (2005) 348–372. (Johns Hopkins University Press)

interviews
  •  Children and Young Adult Literature portal
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