Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Marsha Skrypuch at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2018
Skrypuch reading at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2018
BornMarsha Forchuk
(1954-12-12) December 12, 1954
Brantford, ON, Canada
OccupationAuthor
NationalityUkrainian/Canadian
Alma materUniversity of Western Ontario
GenreChildren's Literature

Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (/ˈskrɪpɪk/ SCRIP-ik;[1] born 1954) is a Ukrainian-Canadian children's writer who currently lives in Brantford, Ontario.

She received a B.A. in English and a Master of Library Science from the University of Western Ontario, and began writing fiction in 1992. Her first book, Silver Threads, was published in 1996.[2]

Marsha Skrypuch is the author of many books for children and young adults. She primarily writes about war from a young person's perspective. She is also the author of the Making Bombs for Hitler trilogy which consists of Making Bombs for Hitler, The War Below, and Stolen Girl.

Works

  • Silver Threads – 1996
  • The Best Gifts – 1998
  • The Hunger – 1999
  • Enough – 2000
  • Hope's War – 2001
  • Nobody's Child – 2003
  • Aram's Choice – 2006
  • Kobzar's Children: A Century of Untold Ukrainian Stories – 2006
  • Dear Canada: Prisoners in the Promised Land: The Ukrainian Internment Diary of Anya Soloniuk, Spirit Lake, Quebec, 1914 – 2007
  • Daughter of War – 2008
  • Call Me Aram – 2009
  • A Christmas To Remember – 2009 -- "An Unexpected Visitor" was written by Skrypuch for this anthology.
  • Stolen Girl (originally Stolen Child) – 2010
  • Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War – 2011
  • Making Bombs For Hitler – 2012
  • One Step At A Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way – 2012
  • When Mama Goes to Work – 2013
  • Underground Soldier – 2014
  • Dance of the Banished – 2014
  • Adrift at Sea: A Vietnamese Boy's Story of Survival – 2016
  • Don't Tell the Nazis (originally Don't Tell the Enemy) – 2018
  • The War Below (originally Underground Soldier) - 2018
  • Trapped in Hitler's Web - 2020
  • Sky of Bombs, Sky of Stars; A Vietnamese War Orphan Finds Home - 2020 (omnibus edition of Last Airlift and One Step at a Time)
  • Traitors Among Us - 2021
  • Winterkill - 2022

Awards

  • 1996, Taras Shevchenko for Silver Threads
  • 2000, CCBC's Our Choice Award for The Hunger
  • 2001, CCBC's Our Choice Award for Enough
  • 2002, CCBC's Our Choice Award for Hope's War
  • 2004 CCBC's Our Choice Award for Nobody's Child
  • 2006 CCBC's Our Choice for Aram's Choice
  • 2008 Order of Princess Olga, for her writing on the Holodomor, in particular her book Enough
  • 2010 Woman of Distinction, World Congress of Ukrainian Women's Organizations
  • 2010 Calliope Award for outstanding writing and mentoring, Humber School for Writers
  • 2011 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award for the Americas, for Stolen Child[3]
  • 2012 CCBC Best Books for Kids: Last Airlift
  • 2012 CCBC Best Books For Kids: Stolen Child
  • 2012 CCBC Best Books For Kids, Starred Review: Making Bombs For Hitler
  • 2012 CCBC Best Books for Kids: Making Bombs For Hitler
  • 2013 Red Cedar Book Award Winner in category "Information", Last Airlift[4]
  • 2013 Silver Birch Fiction Winner: Making Bombs For Hitler
  • 2014 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award: Making Bombs For Hitler[5]
  • 2014 Silver Birch non-fiction Winner: One Step At A Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way[6]
  • 2014 Underground Soldier: Starred Selection, CCBC Best Books for Kids
  • 2015 Underground Soldier: Geoffrey Bilson Award nominee
  • 2015 Dance of the Banished: Geoffrey Bilson Award WINNER
  • 2015 Dance of the Banished: Junior Library Guild selection April
  • 2015 Dance of the Banished: CCBC Best Books for Kids
  • 2015 Dance of the Banished: The White Ravens selection 2015
  • 2016 Dance of the Banished: USBBY Outstanding International Book
  • 2016 Underground Soldier: Kobzar Literary Award nominee
  • 2016 Adrift At Sea: Resource Links Best Book
  • 2017 Adrift At Sea: Starred selection: ABC CLIO
  • 2017 Adrift At Sea: Starred selection: CCBC Best Books for Kids
  • 2017 The Best Gifts: Storytelling World Resource Honor Book
  • 2017 Adrift At Sea: 2017 Canadian Children’s Literature Roundtables Information Book Award, Honour Book
  • 2017 Adrift At Sea: Cybils Finalist for MG non-fiction.
  • 2018 Adrift At Sea: Golden Oak Award shortlist,
  • 2018–19 Adrift At Sea: Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice nominee,
  • 2018 Adrift At Sea: Selected for Pope Francis exhibit, Bologna Italy,

References

  1. ↑ "Making Bombs for Hitler, first scenes". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "CM Magazine Profile: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch". Umanitoba.ca. Archived from the original on 2007-02-07. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  3. ↑ "Current News - SCBWI". Archived from the original on 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-06-28. Retrieved 2016-09-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "Award Ceremony 2014 – Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Awards". www.myrca.ca. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  6. ↑ "Author Marsha Skrypuch wins Silver Birch Award". Brantford Expositor. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
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