Rebecca Fjelland Davis Explained

Rebecca Fjelland Davis
Birth Place:	Huxley, Iowa, U.S.
Education:	Waldorf College St. Cloud State University (BA) Minnesota State University, Mankato (MFA)
Genre:	Young adult, children's literature, nonfiction

Rebecca Fjelland Davis (born 1956) is an American novelist and children's book author who lives in Minnesota.^{[1] [2]} She is currently an instructor at South Central College in Mankato, where she teaches composition studies, literature and film, and critical thinking in Humanities.

Her novels, Chasing AllieCat and Jake Riley: Irreparably Damaged, have been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews.^{[3] [4]}

Biography

Davis grew up on a farm outside Huxley, Iowa. She graduated with honors from Waldorf College, St. Cloud State University (earning her Bachelor of Arts in English) and from Minnesota State University, Mankato (earning her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing). A former marathoner and two-time women's champion of the National 24-Hour Challenge cycling event, she has been known to work athletic themes into her young adult writing, similar to her former husband Terry Davis.

Bibliography

• 10, 9, 8 Polar Animals: A Counting Backward Book. Capstone Press, 2006. .
• Beaches and Bicycles: A Summer Counting Book. Capstone Press, 2006. .
• Chasing AllieCat. Flux, 2011. .
• Counting Pets by Twos. Capstone Press, 2006. .
• Flowers and Showers: A Spring Counting Book. Capstone Press, 2006. .
• Footballs and Falling Leaves: A Fall Counting Book. Capstone Press, 2006. .
• Jake Riley: Irreparably Damaged. HarperTempest, 2003. .
• The History of the Washington Mystics (Women's Pro Basketball Today). Creative Education, 1999. .
• Medusa Tells All: Beauty Missing, Hair Hissing (The Other Side of Myth). Capstone Press, 2014.
• More or Less: A Rainforest Counting Book. Capstone Press, 2006. .
• Snowflakes and Ice Skates: A Winter Counting Book. Capstone Press, 2006. .
• Woof & Wag: Bringing Home a Dog. Picture Window Books, 2008. .
• Zoo Animals: 1,2,3. Capstone Press, 2006. .

Anthologies

• Wonderful Things I Scarcely Understand: Twenty Years of Robert Wright Award Winners. Edited by Roger Sheffer. Minnesota State University, Mankato, 2003. .
• Girl Meets Boy: Because There are Two Sides to Every Story. Edited by Kelly Milner Halls. Chronicle, 2012. .

Awards

• 1990: Robert Wright Creative Writing Contest Winner. Minnesota State University, Mankato.
• 2003: Blue Ribbon Award Winner (for Jake Riley: Irreparably Damaged), The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.
• 2007: Honorable Mention Award (for Chasing AllieCat, a work-in-progress YA novel), Loft Awards for Children's Literature /Older Children.
• 2008: Artist Initiative Grant (for Slider's Son, work-in-progress middle grade novel), Minnesota State Arts Board.
• 2011: Junior Library Guild Selection -- Chasing AllieCat
• 2017: Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council Mid-Career Artist Grant (for Slider's Son publication promotion)

External links

• Rebecca Fjelland Davis' Homepage

Notes and References

1. Web site: Closeup: Good Thunder features local writers. The Free. Press. Mankato Free Press. 7 April 2011 .
2. Web site: Rebecca Fjelland Davis Official Author Site . 2022-12-14 . rebeccafjellanddavis.com.
3. Web site: JAKE RILEY | Kirkus Reviews. www.kirkusreviews.com.
4. Web site: CHASING ALLIECAT | Kirkus Reviews. www.kirkusreviews.com.