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Edition 46 (2010) Winner
Wendy Phillips
ウェンディ・フィリップス
Wendy Phillips
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada → Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada → Lesotho → Ottawa, Canada → South Africa → Australia → Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Career
- Occupations
- Teacher, Librarian, Children's Novelist, Journalist, Bookbinder
- Active Years
- 2010-
- Affiliations
- MacNeill Secondary School
- Influenced By
- Margaret Laurence, Alice Munro, Barbara Kingsolver, Margaret Atwood, Douglas Coupland, Annie Proulx, Haruki Murakami, Martha Brooks, Budge Wilson, Susan Juby, Sharon Creech, Robert Koertge, Pamela Porter, Sonya Sones, Karen Hesse, Alison Acheson
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of British Columbia | — | Children's Literature | Children's Literature Degree | — | Canada |
University of British Columbia
Children's Literature
Degree:
Children's Literature Degree
Country:
Canada
Degrees in journalism, English, education, and children's literature
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Governor General's Literary Award | Fishtailing | Children's Literature (text) | Office of the Governor General of Canada | winner |
Governor General's Literary Award
2010
Work:
Fishtailing
Category:
Children's Literature (text)
Organization:
Office of the Governor General of Canada
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Fishtailing
2010 Young adult fictionA verse novel following four Vancouver high school students: Natalie (abused, self-harms), Tricia (Japanese-Canadian influenced by Natalie), Kyle (music vs trades), Miguel (immigrant from war-torn country). Explores violence, bullying, desires to fit in, with teacher and counselor perspectives.
violencebullyingself-harmimmigration traumamulticulturalismteacher-student disconnect
Bibliography
- Fishtailing
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- verse novelpoetic formmultiple first-person perspectives
- Recurring Motifs
- students' home issuesmulticultural diversitynegative school behaviors
Legacy
Known for winning the 2010 Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Literature with Fishtailing, drawing from her experiences as a teacher and librarian in young adult fiction.
Trivia
- Wrote her first book at the age of 11.
- Has lived in Lesotho, Ottawa, South Africa, and Australia.
- Currently works as a teacher-librarian.
- Has two children.