Katherine Paterson

About Katherine Paterson

Writer of Bridge to Terabithia, Jacob Have I Loved, The Master Puppeteer, and other acclaimed works of children's literature.

Katherine Womeldorf Paterson is a Chinese-American writer known for her children's novels, including Bridge to Terabithia. For four different books published between 1975 and 1980, she won two Newbery medals and two national book awards. She is one of four people to win two major international awards; for her "long-term contribution to children's literature", she won the Hans Christian Andersen Prize every two years for her work written in 1998 and for her contribution to "children's and youth literature. year in general, "she won the Swedish Art Council's Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2006, the largest monetary award for children's literature. She also received the NSK Neustadt Award for Children's Literature 2007 and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal from the American Library Association in 2013. She was the second US National Ambassador for Children's Literature in 2010. and 2011 .

Notable awards	National Book Award, 1977, 1979, Newbery Medal, 1977, 1981, Hans Christian Andersen Award, 1998, Astrid Lindgren Award, 2006, NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature, 2007, Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, 2013
Nationality	Chinese-American
Period	1973–present
Notable works	The Master Puppeteer, Bridge to Terabithia, The Great Gilly Hopkins, Jacob Have I Loved, The Day of the Pelican
Genre	Children's and young- novels
Born	Katherine Womeldorf, October 31, 1932, Huai'an, Jiangsu, China
Occupation	Writer

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Trivia

She received numerous literary honors, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the Newbery Medal, and the National Book Award.

Katherine Paterson before fame

The Sign of the Chrysanthemum, her first work of children's fiction, was published in the mid-1970s.

Achievement of Katherine Paterson

She received numerous literary honors, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the Newbery Medal, and the National Book Award.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Katherine Paterson family life

She grew up speaking Chinese as her first language, having been born in China to American missionary parents. She and her Presbyterian preacher husband eventually relocated in Vermont.

Associations of Katherine Paterson

She received the renowned Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal from the American Library Association in 2013.

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