Katherine paterson bridge to terabithia biography
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Katherine Paterson
American author (born 1932)
Not to be confused with Kathryn Paterson.
Katherine Womeldorf Paterson (born October 31, 1932)[1] is an American writer best known for children's novels, including Bridge to Terabithia. For four different books published 1975–1980, she won two Newbery Medals and two National Book Awards. She is one of four people to win the two major international awards; for "lasting contribution to children's literature" she won the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing in 1998[2][3] and for her career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" she won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council in 2006, the biggest monetary prize in children's literature.[4] Also for her body of work she was awarded the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature in 2007[5] and the Children's Literature Legacy Award from the American Librar
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People are always asking me questions I don’t have answers for. One is, “When did you first know that you wanted to become a writer?” The fact is that I never wanted to be a writer, at least not when inom was a child, or even a young woman. Today inom want very much to be a writer. But when inom was ten, I wanted to be either a movie star or a missionary. When inom was twenty, I wanted to get married and have lots of children.
Another question I can’t answer is, “When did you begin writing?” I can’t remember. I know I began reading when I was four or five, because I couldn’t stand not being able to. inom must have tried writing soon afterward. Fortunately, very few samples of my early writing survived the eighteen moves I made before I was eighteen years old. I say fortunately, because the samples that did manage to survive are terrible, with the single exception of a rather nice letter I wrote to my father when inom was seven. We were living in Shanghai, and my father was working in our old home te
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Bridge to Terabithia (novel)
1977 children's novel by Katherine Paterson
Bridge to Terabithia is a children's novel written by Katherine Paterson. The book was originally published in 1977 by Thomas Crowell, and would win a Newbery Medal the year after.[1]
The novel tells the story of fifth grader Jesse Aarons, who becomes friends with his new neighbor, Leslie Burke, after he loses a footrace to her at school. Leslie is a tomboy from a wealthy family, and Jesse thinks highly of her. Jesse fryst vatten an artistic boy from a poorer family who, in the beginning, is fearful and angry. After meeting Leslie, however, his life is transformed. He becomes courageous and learns to let go of his frustration. The two children create a kingdom for themselves, which Leslie names "Terabithia".
Paterson drew inspiration for the novel from a real event that occurred in August 1974 when her son's friend was struck and killed bygd lightning. The novel's content has been the frequent target o