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Norma Charles

Author

1844 Acadia Road
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1R3
Phone: 604-222-1541
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Published Works

Chasing a Star, Ronsdale, 2009
Bank Job, (with James Heneghan), Orca, 2009
The Girl in the Backseat, Ronsdale Press, 2008
Boxcar Kid, Dundurn, 2007
Sophie's Friend in Need, Beach Holme, 2004
All the Way to Mexico, Raincoast, 2003
Fuzzy Wuzzy, Hodgepog 2002
Criss Cross, Double Cross (a sequel to Sophie Sea to Sea), Beach Holme, 2002
The Accomplice, Raincoast, 2001
Sophie Sea to Sea, Beach Holme, 1999
Runaway, Coteau, 1999
Dolphin Alert!, Nelson, 1998
Darlene's Shadow, General, 1991
See you Later, Alligator, picturebook, Scholastic, 1991
April Fool Heroes, Nelson, 1989
No Place for a Horse, General. 1988
Amanda Grows Up, picturebook, Scholastic, OP

Awards

Chocolate Lily, 2010, shortlisted for The Girl in the Backseat.
Chocolate Lily, 2009, second place for Boxcar Kid.
Moonbeam Bronze Medal, 2008 for The Girl in the Backseat.
Chocolate Lily Award shortlist, 2006 for Sophie's Friend in Need.
Chocolate Lily Award winner, 2005 for All the Way to Mexico.
Sheila Egoff 2002 shortlist for The Accomplice
BC Year 2000 winner for Sophie Sea to Sea
1999 Coquitlam Pioneers Award for "Lum King's Horse"

Other Memberships

The Writers Union of Canada, CWILL BC, CCBC, BC Federation of Writers

Available For

School and library readings and workshops, all levels