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CANSCAIP Members
 Budge Wilson
Author
North West Cove, R.R.#1
Hubbards, Nova Scotia
B0J 1T0
Phone: (902) 228-2994
Fax: (902) 228-2275
Email: budgewilson@ns.sympatico.ca
Married to Alan Wilson. Two daughters, two grandsons.
Biography
Budge was educated in Halifax schools and at Dalhousie University (degree in Philosophy and Psychology, Diploma in Education, Physical Education teaching certificate). She did two years of graduate work in English at the University of Toronto, and worked at the Institute of Child Study (U. of T.) for four years -- filing, illustrating, editing, writing. She illustrated three books for the University of Toronto Press, worked for several years as a freelance commercial artist and child photographer, and was a fitness instructor from 1968 to 1989. She has been writing juvenile and adult fiction since 1978, with her first book published in 1984. Her work has been published in ten countries and in seven languages.
After living in Ontario for over twenty-five years, Budge and Alan returned to Nova Scotia in 1989, and live in a small fishing village on the South Shore of the province.
Published Works
Before Green Gables Toronto, Penguin; New York: Putnam's; London: Puffin, 2008. Forthcoming in 2008 in Japan, Korea & Poland.
Friendships - a YA collection of short stories (Toronto, Penguin, 2007)
IZZIE, Book Four, Homecoming Toronto, Penguin, 2006
IZZIE, Book Three, Patricia's Secret Toronto: Penguin, 2005
Izzie: Book Two, Trongate Fury [‘Our Canadian Girl Series.], Penguin, 2005
The Imperfect Perfect Christmas, Pottersfield Press, 2004
Fractures: Family Stories, Penguin, 2002
IZZIE: Book One, The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t [‘Our Canadian Girl Series.’] Penguin, 2002
Manfred, The Unmanageable Monster, A Beginning Chapter Book, illus. by
Jill Quinn, Pottersfield Press, 2001
A Fiddle for Angus, A picture book, illus. by Susan Tooke, Tundra, 2001
Duff’s Monkey Business, An easy reader; illus. by Kim LaFave, Formac, 2000
The Fear of Angelina Domino, illus. by Eugenie Fernandes, Stoddart Kids, 2000
The Cat That Barked, Pottersfield, 1998
Duff the Giant Killer, Formac, 1997
The Long Wait, Stoddart, 1997
Sharla, Stoddart, 1997
Mothers and Other Strangers, Harcourt Brace, 1996
Harold and Harold, Pottersfield, 1995
The Dandelion Garden, Philomel, 1995
Cassandra's Driftwood, Pottersfield, 1994
The Courtship, Anansi (Stoddart), 1994
Cordelia Clark, Stoddart, 1994
Oliver's Wars, Stoddart, 1992
Lorinda's Diary, General/Stoddart, 1991
The Leaving, Anansi (Stoddart), 1990
Thirteen Never Changes, Scholastic, 1989
Going Bananas, Scholastic, 1989
Madame Belzile and Ramsay Hitherton-Hobbes, Nimbus, 1989
Breakdown, Scholastic, 1988
Mystery Lights at Blue Harbour, Scholastic, 1987
A House Far From Home, Scholastic, 1986
Mr. John Bertrand Nijinsky and Charlie, Nimbus, 1986
The Best Worst Christmas Present Ever, Scholastic Canada, 1984
21 foreign editions to date.. All Stoddart books now available through Fitzhenry & Whiteside.
Awards
First Prize, CBC Literary Compeition, Adult Fiction (for "The Leaving"), 1981
Second Prize, Chatelaine (adult) Short Story Contest (for "The Metaphor"), 1983
First Prize, Atlantic Writing Competition, short story category (for "My Cousin Clarette"), 1986
twice a winner in the Toronto Star annual Short Story Competition (for "Loretta and Alexander" and "The Reunion")
City of Dartmouth Book Award (for The Leaving), 1991
Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award (for The Leaving), 1991
Marianna Dempster Award (for Lorinda's Diary), 1992
Ann Connor Brimer Award (for Oliver's Wars), 1993
Lilla Stirling Award (for Sharla), 1999
Municipality of Halifax Mayor’s Award for Cultural Achievement in Literature, 2003
Distinguished Alumni Award, Armbrae Academy, Halifax, 2004
Made a Member of the Order of Canada, 2004.
23 Our Choice Awards from the Canadian Children's Book Centre
Available For
Readings, workshops, talks to schools, universities, libraries, teachers, librarians, conferences, fledgling writers, and to anyone who might choose to listen.
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