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Gayle Friesen (born September 18, 1960) is a Canadian author of young adult novels. She was raised in Chilliwack, British Columbia. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia. She is married with two children.
Friesen's first novel Janey's Girl (1998) was critically acclaimed, winning the Canadian Library Association's Young Adult Book Award and the Red Maple Reading Award. It was also nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award. She has written four other novels for young adults.
Awards and honours
Two of Friesen's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Janey’s Girl (1999) and The Isabel Factor (2006).
Publications
Janey's Girl (1998)
Men of Stone (2000)
Losing Forever (2002)
The Isabel Factor (2005)
For Now (2007)
The Valley (2008)
References
External links
Gayle Friesen at Library of Congress, with 1 library catalogue record
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Venturini Motorsports
- Gayle Friesen
- Friesen (surname)
- Men of Stone
- 1998 Governor General's Awards
- Chilliwack
- Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature
- Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award
- Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize
- Forest of Reading Red Maple Award
- Invincible Summer
