• Home
  • Member details

Kristin Butcher, CANSCAIP

Author, Illustrator

 

Member profile details

First Name
Kristin
Last Name
Butcher
Organization
CANSCAIP
Province or Territory
British Columbia
Craft
  • Author
  • Illustrator
Member Photo
 

Professional information

Bio
Kristin has come a long way since her first published book -- The Runaways (Kids Can Press/1997). She now has 30 titles for kids and teens, including 10 in the Orca Soundings and Currents series. As a former teacher, she is proud to be addressing the needs of reluctant readers. Her most recent novel is Closer to Far Away (Red Deer Press). Kristin has been a finalist for the Sheila E. Egoff Award, the IODE Violet Downey Award, the Silver Birch Award, CLA Book of the Year Award and many more. Her books have been OLA Best Bets and ALA Quick Picks selections, and she is a two-time winner of the Chocolate Lily Award.
Available For
Readings and Book Talks for Grades 2 through 12
Writing Workshops for adults as well as grades 5 through 12
Publications
Closer to Far Away (Red Deer Press/2024)
The Sorcerer's Revenge (Crwth Press/2022)
The Bridge of Whispers (Crwth Press/2021)
The Druid and the Dragon (Crwth Press/2020)
Girls Like Me (Orca Book Publishers, 2019)
Isobel's Stanley Cup (Crwth Press, 2018)
Truths I Learned From Sam (Dundurn Press, 2013)
Pharaohs and Foot Soldiers (Annick Press, 2009)
Return to Bone Tree Hill (Thistledown Press, 2009)
The Gramma War (Orca Book Publishers, 2001)
The Runaways (Kids Can Press, 1997)
... and over 20 more.
Awards
2012 Hackmatack Award nominee
Category: Fiction
For: Zach & Zoe: Bully and the Beagle

2011/12 Red Cedar Award nominee
Category: Non-fiction
For: Pharaohs and Foot Soldiers (Martha Newbigging -- illustrator)

2011 MYRCA -- Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award finalist
Category: Writing
For: Return to Bone Tree Hill

2011 Diamond Willow nominee; Red Cedar finalist
Category: Writing
For: Zach & Zoe and the Bank Robber

2011 Chocolate Lily Award Winner
Category: Writing
For: Zach & Zoe: Bully and the Beagle

2010 Silver Birch finalist (non-fiction); CCBC Best Books for Kids and Teens (starred selection)
Category: Writing
For: Pharaohs and Foot Soldiers
With: Martha Newbigging (illustrator)

2010 Sheila Egoff Award finalist
Category: Writing
For: Return to Bone Tree Hill

2009 OLA Best Bets Book; VOYA Non-fiction Honor List; Resource Links Best Books List
Category: Writing
For: Pharaohs and Foot Soldiers
With: Martha Newbigging (illustrator)

2009 OLA Best Bets Book for Teens
Category: Writing
For: Return to Bone Tree Hill

2009 CCBC Best Books List
Category: Writing
For: Zach & Zoe and the Bank Robber

2008 100 YA Books Too Good To Miss (CCPL)
Category: Writing
For: The Hemingway Tradition

2006 Chocolate Lily Award
Category: Writing
For: Zee's Way

2006 (VOYA) Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers; Best Books selection (Resource Links Magazine); CCBC Our Choice selection
Category: Writing
For: Chat Room

2004 Red Cedar Award finalist
Category: w
For: The Gramma War

2004 Chocolate Lily Children's Choice Award finalist; MYRCA finalist
Category: Writing
For: Cairo Kelly and the Mann

2004 CCBC Best Books List
Category: Writing
For: The Trouble with Liberty

2003 CLA Book of the Year nominee; CCBC Our Choice
Category: Writing
For: Cairo Kelly and the Mann

2003 Chocolate Lily Children's Choice Award (3rd place)
Category: Writing
For: The Gramma War

2003 CCBC Our Choice selection; Resource Links Magazine Best Books List
Category: Writing
For: The Hemingway Tradition

2002 OLA Best Bet Book
Category: Writing
For: Cairo Kelly and the Mann

2002 CLA Book of the Year Notable; IODE Violet Downey Book for Children finalist
Category: Writing
For: The Gramma War

2001 OLA Best Bet Book; CCBC Our Choice selection
Category: Writing
For: The Gramma War

1999 Great Canadian Short Story runner-up
Category: Writing
For: Waltzing Annie Home

1999 CLA Book of the Year nominee
Category: Writing
For: The Tomorrow Tunnel

1998 CCBC Our Choice selection; Silver Birch Award regional winner
Category: Writing
For: The Runaways

... and many others.
Other Memberships
Canadian Children's Book Centre
Ancestry
The Writers' Union of Canada