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Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

マーシャ・フォーチュク・スクリプーチ

Māsha Fōchyuku Sukiripūchi

Aliases: Marsha Skrypuch

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1954-12-12 （Brantford, Ontario, Canada）
Nationality
Canadian, Ukrainian-Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Brantford, Ontario, Canada

Career

Occupations
Children's writer, Author
Active Years
1992-2024
Affiliations
Writers' Union of Canada, CANSCAIP
Memberships
Writers' Union of Canada, CANSCAIP
Nominations
Adrift At Sea: Golden Oak Award shortlist, Winterkill: Kobzar Book Award shortlist

Education

University of Western Ontario
English Department
Degree: B.A. in English
Country: Canada
B.A. in English
University of Western Ontario
Library Science
Degree: Master of Library Science
Country: Canada
Master of Library Science

Awards

Taras Shevchenko
1996
Work: Silver Threads
Result: winner
Order of Princess Olga
2008
Work: Enough
Result: winner
SCBWI Crystal Kite Award
2011
Work: Stolen Child
Category: Americas
Organization: SCBWI
Result: winner
Silver Birch Fiction
2013
Work: Making Bombs For Hitler
Result: winner
Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award
2014
Work: Making Bombs For Hitler
Result: winner
Silver Birch non-fiction
2014
Work: One Step At A Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way
Result: winner
Geoffrey Bilson Award
2015
Work: Dance of the Banished
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Making Bombs for Hitler

2012 Children's Historical Fiction

The story of a Ukrainian girl forced to work making bombs for the Nazis during World War II.

warforced laborUkrainian history

The War Below

2018 Children's Historical Fiction

Sequel following a boy working in underground tunnels during the war.

warsurvivalfriendship

Stolen Girl

2010 Children's Fiction

Story of a Ukrainian orphan.

orphanidentitywar

Enough

2000 Children's Fiction

Book about the Holodomor.

Holodomorfaminehistory

Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War

2011 Children's Non-fiction

Story of a Vietnamese orphan's rescue from war.

Vietnam Warorphanrescue

Bibliography

  • Silver Threads
  • The Best Gifts
  • The Hunger
  • Enough
  • Hope's War
  • Nobody's Child
  • Aram's Choice
  • Kobzar's Children: A Century of Untold Ukrainian Stories
  • Dear Canada: Prisoners in the Promised Land: The Ukrainian Internment Diary of Anya Soloniuk, Spirit Lake, Quebec, 1914
  • Daughter of War
  • Call Me Aram
  • A Christmas To Remember
  • Stolen Girl
  • Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War
  • Making Bombs For Hitler
  • One Step At A Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way
  • When Mama Goes to Work
  • Underground Soldier
  • Dance of the Banished
  • Adrift at Sea: A Vietnamese Boy's Story of Survival
  • Don't Tell the Nazis
  • The War Below
  • Trapped in Hitler's Web
  • Sky of Bombs, Sky of Stars; A Vietnamese War Orphan Finds Home
  • Traitors Among Us
  • Winterkill
  • Under Attack (Kidnapped From Ukraine #1)
  • Standoff (Kidnapped From Ukraine #2)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Writing war from a young person's perspectiveHistorical fiction based on real eventsAccessible and emotional prose
Recurring Motifs
Horrors of warUkrainian historyOrphans and survivalHolodomorInternment camps

Legacy

Renowned Ukrainian-Canadian children's author known for historical fiction depicting war from young people's perspectives, focusing on Ukrainian history and events like the Holodomor.

In Popular Culture

  • 2022: author banned for life from entering Russian Federation

Trivia

  • Ukrainian-Canadian author
  • Received Order of Princess Olga for writing on Holodomor
  • Multiple winner of children's book awards