Marsha Skrypuch
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Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch | |
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.jpg) Skrypuch reading at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2018 | |
| Born | Marsha Forchuk December 12, 1954 Brantford, ON, Canada |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | Ukrainian/Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Western Ontario |
| Genre | Children's Literature |
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (/ˈskrɪpɪk/ SCRIP-ik;[1] born 1954) is a Ukrainian-Canadian children's writer who currently lives in Brantford, Ontario.
She received a B.A. in English and a Master of Library Science from the University of Western Ontario, and began writing fiction in 1992. Her first book, Silver Threads, was published in 1996.[2]
Marsha Skrypuch is the author of many books for children and young adults. She primarily writes about war from a young person's perspective. She is also the author of the Making Bombs for Hitler trilogy which consists of Making Bombs for Hitler,[3] The War Below, and Stolen Girl.
Works
[edit]- Silver Threads – 1996
- The Best Gifts – 1998
- The Hunger – 1999
- Enough – 2000
- Hope's War – 2001
- Nobody's Child – 2003
- Aram's Choice – 2006
- Kobzar's Children: A Century of Untold Ukrainian Stories – 2006
- Dear Canada: Prisoners in the Promised Land: The Ukrainian Internment Diary of Anya Soloniuk, Spirit Lake, Quebec, 1914 – 2007
- Daughter of War – 2008
- Call Me Aram – 2009
- A Christmas To Remember – 2009 -- "An Unexpected Visitor" was written by Skrypuch for this anthology.
- Stolen Girl (originally Stolen Child) – 2010
- Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War – 2011
- Making Bombs For Hitler – 2012
- One Step At A Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way – 2012
- When Mama Goes to Work – 2013
- Underground Soldier – 2014
- Dance of the Banished – 2014
- Adrift at Sea: A Vietnamese Boy's Story of Survival – 2016
- Don't Tell the Nazis (originally Don't Tell the Enemy) – 2018
- The War Below (originally Underground Soldier) - 2018
- Trapped in Hitler's Web - 2020
- Sky of Bombs, Sky of Stars; A Vietnamese War Orphan Finds Home - 2020 (omnibus edition of Last Airlift and One Step at a Time)
- Traitors Among Us - 2021
- Winterkill - 2022
- Under Attack (Kidnapped From Ukraine #1) - 2025
- Standoff (Kidnapped From Ukraine #2) - 2025
Awards
[edit]- 1996, Taras Shevchenko for Silver Threads
- 2000, CCBC's Our Choice Award for The Hunger
- 2001, CCBC's Our Choice Award for Enough
- 2002, CCBC's Our Choice Award for Hope's War
- 2004 CCBC's Our Choice Award for Nobody's Child
- 2006 CCBC's Our Choice for Aram's Choice
- 2008 Order of Princess Olga, for her writing on the Holodomor, in particular her book Enough
- 2010 Woman of Distinction, World Congress of Ukrainian Women's Organizations
- 2010 Calliope Award for outstanding writing and mentoring, Humber School for Writers
- 2011 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award for the Americas, for Stolen Child[4]
- 2012 CCBC Best Books for Kids: Last Airlift
- 2012 CCBC Best Books For Kids: Stolen Child
- 2012 CCBC Best Books For Kids, Starred Review: Making Bombs For Hitler
- 2012 CCBC Best Books for Kids: Making Bombs For Hitler
- 2013 Red Cedar Book Award Winner in category "Information", Last Airlift[5]
- 2013 Silver Birch Fiction Winner: Making Bombs For Hitler
- 2014 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award: Making Bombs For Hitler[6]
- 2014 Silver Birch non-fiction Winner: One Step At A Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way[7]
- 2014 Underground Soldier: Starred Selection, CCBC Best Books for Kids
- 2015 Underground Soldier: Geoffrey Bilson Award nominee
- 2015 Dance of the Banished: Geoffrey Bilson Award WINNER
- 2015 Dance of the Banished: Junior Library Guild selection April
- 2015 Dance of the Banished: CCBC Best Books for Kids
- 2015 Dance of the Banished: The White Ravens selection 2015
- 2016 Dance of the Banished: USBBY Outstanding International Book
- 2016 Underground Soldier: Kobzar Literary Award nominee
- 2016 Adrift At Sea: Resource Links Best Book
- 2017 Adrift At Sea: Starred selection: ABC CLIO
- 2017 Adrift At Sea: Starred selection: CCBC Best Books for Kids
- 2017 The Best Gifts: Storytelling World Resource Honor Book
- 2017 Adrift At Sea: 2017 Canadian Children’s Literature Roundtables Information Book Award, Honour Book
- 2017 Adrift At Sea: Cybils Finalist for MG non-fiction.
- 2017 Making Bombs for Hitler, A Mighty Girl Book of the Year
- 2018 Adrift At Sea: Golden Oak Award shortlist,
- 2018 Adrift At Sea: Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice nominee,
- 2018 Adrift At Sea: Selected for Pope Francis exhibit, Bologna Italy,
- 2018 Making Bombs for Hitler, US edition: Starred selection: ABC CLIO
- 2018 Making Bombs for Hitler, US edition: Winner, Battle of the Books, Chesapeake PL.
- 2018 Making Bombs for Hitler, US edition: YALSA Quick Pick
- 2018 Making Bombs for Hitler, US edition: Winner: Iowa Teen Award, 2018-2019, Grades 6-9
- 2018 Don’t Tell the Enemy, Starred review, CCBC Best Books for Kids
- 2018 Don’t Tell the Enemy, Kids’ Forest Committee Summer Reading Selection
- 2018 Don’t Tell the Enemy, CBC The Next Chapter Book Panel Selection
- 2018 The War Below, North Carolina Young Adult book Award shortlist for 2018-2019
- 2018 The War Below, CYBILS middle-grade fiction nomination,
- 2018 Too Young to Escape, CBC Best Book for Kids, 2018.
- 2018 Too Young to Escape, Starred Review, Quill & Quire, Nov
- 2018 Too Young to Escape, CBC 13 middle grade books to watch for this fall.
- 2018 Too Young to Escape, Junior Library Guild Selection
- 2018 Too Young to Escape, CBC 12 books to read to commemorate Remembrance Day, 2018.
- 2019 Don’t Tell the Enemy, Bilson Award nominee
- 2019 Don’t Tell the Nazis, A Mighty Girl Book of the Year
- 2019 Too Young to Escape, Forest of Reading Kids’ Silver Birch selection 2019
- 2019 Too Young to Escape, CCBC Best Books for Kids.
- 2019 Too Young to Escape, Information Book Award nominee, Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada
- 2019 Too Young to Escape, 2019 USSBY Outstanding International Book
- 2019 Career Excellence Award, Brantford Writers’ Circle
- 2020 Don’t Tell the Enemy, WINNER: Saskatchewan Snow Willow Award
- 2020 Don’t Tell the Enemy, Saskatchewan Snow Willow Award nominee
- 2020 Don’t Tell the Enemy, MYRCA Northern Lights nominee
- 2020 Don’t Tell the Enemy, Red Maple Fiction shortlist
- 2020 Too Young to Escape, Saskatchewan Diamond Willow Award nomination
- 2020 Too Young to Escape, WINNER Ontario Yellow Cedar Award
- 2020 Too Young to Escape, Ontario Yellow Cedar Award nomination
- 2020 Too Young to Escape, WINNER BC Red Cedar information Book Award
- 2020 Too Young to Escape, BC Red Cedar Book Awards nomination, non-fiction
- 2020 Too Young to Escape, 2019-2020 Hackmatack Award nominee.
- 2020 Too Young to Escape, ILA Notable Book for a Global Society
- 2020 Too Young to Escape, Honorable Mention, Freeman Award
- 2020 Trapped in Hitler’s Web, A Mighty Girl 2020 Book of the Year
- 2020 Sky of Bombs, Sky of Stars, CCBC Best Book, 2020
- 2021 Traitors Among Us, Kirkus, starred review
- 2021 Traitors Among Us, Best Books of the Month, middle-grade, Sept 2021, Amazon.com
- 2021 Traitors Among Us, Kirkus Best YA book list, 2021
- 2021 Traitors Among Us, A Mighty Girl 2021 Book of the Year
- 2021 Sky of Bombs, Sky of Stars, Poughkeepsie Public Library 2021 Big Read selection
- 2022 Traitors Among Us, Geoffrey Bilson Award, shortlist, 2022.
- 2022 Trapped in Hitler’s Web, MYRCA Northern Lights nomination
- 2022: author banned for life from entering Russian Federation
- 2022 Winterkill: Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
- 2023 Winterkill: #VelshiBannedBookClub selection
- 2023 Winterkill: New York Times reviewed
- 2023 Winterkill: Forest of Reading Kid Committee Red Maple summer reading list 2023
- 2023 Winterkill: CCBC Best Book for Kids, 2023
- 2024 Winterkill: Kobzar Book Award shortlist, 2024
- 2024 Winterkill: MYRCA Northern Lights nomination, 2024
- 2025 Kidnapped from Ukraine – Under Attack: Starred review Kirkus
- 2025 Kidnapped from Ukraine – Under Attack: Starred review Booklist
- 2025 Kidnapped from Ukraine – Under Attack: Loan Stars Junior Canadian Top Pick, Booknet Canada
- 2025 Kidnapped from Ukraine — Standoff: Starred review School Library Journal
References
[edit]- ^ "Making Bombs for Hitler, first scenes". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "CM Magazine Profile: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch". Umanitoba.ca. Archived from the original on 2007-02-07. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
- ^ Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk (2012-01-01). Making Bombs for Hitler. Scholastic Canada. ISBN 978-1-4431-1931-3.
- ^ "Current News - SCBWI". Archived from the original on 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-06-28. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Award Ceremony 2014 – Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Awards". www.myrca.ca. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
- ^ "Author Marsha Skrypuch wins Silver Birch Award". Brantford Expositor. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Writers' Union of Canada
- Marsha Skrypuch at the Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators, and Performers (CANSCAIP.org)
- IBBY Canada interview with Marsha Skrypuch
- Open Book Toronto interview On Writing
- Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch at Library of Congress, with 4 library catalogue records
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