Kristin Butcher Explained

Kristin Butcher
Birth Date:	23 April 1951
Occupation:	Author
Language:	English, Russian, and French
Genre:	Children's Literature

Kristin Butcher is a Canadian writer and reviewer of young adult and juvenile fiction. She was born in Winnipeg, but moved to Victoria, BC, at the age of 5.^[1] Her first novel, The Runaways, was published in 1997 and went on to be a regional Silver Birch Award winner.^[2] Since then she has published 25 other books, including two biographies for primary readers and 10 titles in the successful Soundings and Currents series from Orca Books,^[3] of which Zee’s Way and Zack & Zoe Bully and the Beagle won the 2006 and 2011 Chocolate Lily Awards, respectively.^[4] She has twice toured for the Canadian Children's Book Week and given book talks at libraries and schools. Butcher is also an artist and illustrator. Butcher started as a teacher in Victoria and two years previous to that, she had met her husband Rob Butcher.

Bibliography

A list of Kristin Butcher's books:^[5]

• The Runaways (1997)
• The Tomorrow Tunnel (1999)
• The Gramma War (2001)
• Summer of Suspense (2002)
• Cairo Kelly and The Mann (2002)
• The Hemingway Tradition (2002)
• The Trouble with Liberty (2003) - Translated into German
• Zee's Way (2004) - Translated into Slovenian and Spanish
• Chat Room (2006)
• Zach & Zoe and the Bank Robber (2008)
• Zach & Zoe Bully and the Beagle (2009)
• Return to Bone Tree Hill (2009)
• Pharaohs & Foot Soldiers (2009) - Translated into Korean
• Zach & Zoe and the River Rescue (2011)
• Cheat (2011)
• The Last Superhero (2010)
• Truths I Learned from Sam (2013)
• Caching In (2013) - Translated into Swedish
• Cabin Girl (2014)
• Alibi (2015)
• In Search of Sam (2015)
• Winter Road (2017)
• Isobel’s Stanley Cup (2018)

External links

• Official web site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kristin Butcher. Annick Press. 25 September 2018.
2. Web site: Kristin Butcher. 2008-05-19. University of Manitoba. 2002-11-11. Dave Jenkinson. Canadian Review of Materials. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204822/http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/profiles/butcher.html. 2016-03-03. dead.
3. Web site: Kristin Butcher: Contributor Info. Orca Books. 25 September 2018. 13 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191213053953/https://www.orcabook.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=38&Name=Kristin+Butcher. dead.
4. Web site: Books. Kristin Butcher. en-US. 2018-09-27.
5. Web site: Books. Kirstin Butchers' Official Website. 25 September 2018.