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	Katherine Paterson
		Katherine Womeldorf was born on Halloween 1932 in eastern China, where her parents were missionaries for the Presbyterian Church.
		Paterson describes her experience at various American schools as the child of a missionary family: The Japanese invasion of China the summer before KP turned five, led to her “exile” to America: “I remember the many schools I attended in those years mostly as places where I felt fear and humiliation.
		Paterson began working on Jacob Have I Loved in fall of 1977, but struggled with a theme and story until, just after Christmas, she read Beautiful Swimmers by William Warner, which had been a gift to her son.
	www.northern.edu /hastingw/paterson.html (709 words)

	Skidmore College: Expanding Horizons - Katherine Paterson
		Paterson says that she still remembers the emotional landscape of childhood and that is why her books are ageless, and that is why college students have deep feelings about books like Bridge to Terabithia years later.
		Katherine Paterson has received numerous awards in her career as an author of books for children including two Newbery Awards, two National Book Awards, the Scott O'Dell Award for historical fiction and the Hans Christian Anderson Award, an international award given to an author for a body of work.
		Paterson noted that it was an amazing treat to be able to talk to small groups limited to six children who had read and written about her books.
	www.skidmore.edu /academics/education/horizons/Paterson.htm (773 words)

	Times Argus: Vermont News & Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The announcement, which Paterson said took her breath away, was followed by a loud round of "for she's a jolly good fellow" from the award committee.
		Paterson was honored for her "deft aesthetic touch" that builds "on the inner strength and courage of her main characters," the jury said.
		Paterson was born in China in 1932, the daughter of missionaries, and moved to the United States during World War II.
	www.timesargus.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060316/NEWS/603160364/1002 (694 words)

	Katherine Paterson - Authors - A.S.T.A.L.@R.I.C.
		Paterson vividly contrasts the language of the Aarons family with that of the Burkes, and high- lights Jesse's growth with changes in his language...
		Katherine Paterson exhibits several common themes throughout her books, the main ones being family, love, reaching or trying to reach maturity, and friendship.
		The books written by Katherine Paterson are relevant to the age group she is writing for, and often times her books would interest an older age group, too.
	www.ric.edu /astal/authors/katherinepaterson.html (2369 words)

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		Paterson fell in love with Japan and had intentions to live there for the rest of her life ("People Are Always Asking" 2).
		Since Paterson had spent several years living in Japan as a missionary, she had become very accustomed to the culture there and it was very much a part of her.
		Paterson's strong religious faith and experiences in China and Japan are credited to her successful writing style, as well as, her strong moral character ("Morris" 1).
	www.ncteamericancollection.org /litmap/paterson_katherine_va.htm (2415 words)

	Katherine Paterson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Katherine Paterson is an award-winning American author of books for children.
		She was born in China October 31, 1932 to missionary parents.
		Katherine Paterson believes children's books should deal with contemporary, realistic themes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Katherine_Paterson (333 words)

	Fredericksburg.com - Children's book author Katherine Paterson shares her thoughts about her new serial story and ...
		Paterson took pains to study the mountainous terrain of Kosovo--a country smaller than the state of Vermont--so she could accurately estimate how long it would take the family in her story to make a journey.
		Paterson is working on a new novel, but said she doesn't talk about a work until it's finished.
		Paterson said the book was her way of trying to make sense of a senseless death.
	www.fredericksburg.com /News/FLS/2005/022005/02142005/1666006 (1664 words)

	Reading Rockets : A video interview with Katherine Paterson
		Katherine Paterson spent her early childhood in China — until the Japanese invaded during World War II.
		Paterson talks about the importance of giving characters a name that fits – or in some cases, finding a character that fits the name.
		Katherine Paterson didn’t like reading about role models when she was a kid – and she doesn’t view her characters as role models, either.
	www.readingrockets.org /books/interviews/paterson (487 words)

	Katherine Paterson to read Nov. 17-18 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Paterson also is the author of several essay collections, such as Gates of Excellence (1981) and The Invisible Child (2001), which explore the craft of writing for children.
		Paterson is known for crafting perceptive stories of children doing the difficult work of growing up.
		Paterson was born in Huai'an, China, the daughter of missionary parents.
	news-info.wustl.edu /news/page/normal/514.html (518 words)

	Children's Literature: Meet Authors & Illustrators (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Paterson's women aren't always physically beautiful, or perfect, but young adult readers trust her because she writes stories of real women who won't be simplified.
		Paterson reveals her writing process as the "sweat theory of writing" marked by "internal storms".
		Paterson has a wonderful knack for developing her characters, so much so, that readers are pulled into the experience and share their anger, fears, desires, and happiness.
	www.childrenslit.com /f_katherinepaterson.html (1763 words)

	Untitled Document
		Katherine Paterson, author of Bridge to Terabithia, was born on October 31, 1932 in Qing Jiang, China.
		Katherine said that her life as a writer really began in 1964 when she worked on writing curriculum materials for fifth and sixth-graders.
		Katherine wasn’t able to devote all of her time to writing, however, because she had four children to take care of.
	www.elmhurst.edu /library/courses/edu/fiene/katherinepaterson.html (350 words)

	Terabithia.com - Katherine Paterson - Library - Picture Story Books
		John Paterson, a pastor, and his wife, Katherine Paterson, a multi-award winning novelist, explore the symbolic significance of the flowers, fruits, and plants mentioned in various stories and passages in the Bible.
		Paterson, when did you first know you wanted to be a writer?" "Why do you write for children?" "Is your story true?" To these questions and others, Katherine Paterson gives unexpected answers.
		With the same generosity, wit, and insight that characterize her novels, Katherine Paterson, the two-time winner of both the National Book Award and the Newbery Medal, reveals who it is she writes about and for—the invisible child, or the secret self that is opened up through fiction.
	www.terabithia.com /library_nonFiction.html (292 words)

	KATHERINE PATERSON - BOOK HELP WEB AUTHOR PROFILE
		Katherine Paterson, an author who has written many books on children in crisis, understands what it is like to be uprooted.
		Growing up, Paterson said she wanted to be either a movie star or a missionary.
		Paterson wrote it after her son’s best friend was killed by lightening; the book was her attempt to understand the tragedy.
	www.bookhelpweb.com /authors/patersonk/patersonk.htm (225 words)

	An Interview with Katherine Paterson
		Katherine Paterson's picture books and novels have received a remarkable array of literary awards including two National Book Awards and two Newbery Awards, our nation's highest accolades for young adult and children's novels.
		She is the recipient of what is commonly known as the "Nobel Prize for children's literature," the Hans Christian Anderson Award, given to an author whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children's literature.
		Katherine's many books, including her collection of speeches and essays on reading and writing books for children, The Invisible Child, are available at your local library.
	www.thencbla.org /boardinterviews/patersoninterview.html (914 words)

	Katherine Paterson's Healing Words (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Best known for her Newbery Award-winning books, Bridge to Terabithia and Jacob Have I Loved, as well as Newbery Honor winner, The Great Gilly Hopkins, Katherine Paterson's very personal style of storytelling strikes nerves with her readers, who are able feel her characters' emotions, giving them practice for dealing with life's sorrows.
		Katherine Paterson was born Katherine Womeldorf, a Presbyterian missionary's child in China on October 31, 1932.
		With her husband, John Paterson, she has co-authored several books, both religious and not: Images of God, short retellings of Bible stories with glowing illustrations, and Blueberries For the Queen, a family story from her husband's childhood, told in picture book format.
	www.kidspoint.org /columns2.asp?column_id=1082&column_type=author (1466 words)

	Katherine Paterson Biography and Summary
		Katherine Paterson's reverence for words coupled with her respect for the power of story prompted her to keep writing for years when, not ready to publish, she was learning her craft.
		If the American author Katherine Paterson had been writing a century ago, her evident Christian commitment would not, of course, have been anything out of the ordinary.
		In Rebels of the Heavenly Kingdom, as in much of her previous work, Katherine Paterson writes about the difficult but enlightening processes through which young people who are prematurely left to their own resources become acquainted with the compromises and obligations that are necessary to survival in the adult world….
	www.bookrags.com /Katherine_Paterson (456 words)

	Katherine Paterson - A Biography
		Katherine Womeldorf Paterson was born in China in 1932, the daughter of Christian missionaries George and Mary Womeldorf.
		Katherine's son David, then 8 years old, lost his best friend, a girl named Lisa Hill, when the little girl was struck by lightning.
		Katherine Paterson has always advocated the need for contemporary, realistic children's fiction.
	www.ulster.net /~petersne/bio.htm (811 words)

	Featured Author: Katherine Paterson
		Katherine Womeldorf Paterson was born on October 31, 1932 in Qing Jiang, China, the middle child of five children.
		Each of these outcasts as well as many of Paterson's other characters are strong in spite of or because of their alienation and are often on a quest to discovery their own identities.
		Paterson's rendition of the Biblical tale of Balaam and his donkey is told gracefully.
	www.carolhurst.com /newsletters/31dnewsletters.html (2223 words)

	Katherine Paterson WWW Links
		Katherine Womeldorf Paterson was born in Qing Jiang, Jiangsu, China in 1932.
		Katherine Paterson went to Kings College in Bristol, Tennessee and went to graduate school in Richmond, Virginia.
		Katherine Paterson has won many prestigious awards for her books.
	falcon.jmu.edu /~ramseyil/paterson.htm (965 words)

	Amazon.ca: Preacher's Boy: Books: Katherine Paterson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Paterson (Bridge to Terabithia; Jacob Have I Loved) captures the essence of an adolescent's fundamental questions of God and existence in this finely honed novel.
		Paterson is able to write in the voice of young person, creating very realistic characters.
		Paterson is familiar with the thought and teaching of contemporary theologian Matthew Fox because there are some striking similarities in her novel.
	www.amazon.ca /Preachers-Boy-Katherine-Paterson/dp/0064472337 (1537 words)

	CBC Magazine: Author-Editor Dialogues
		I first met Katherine Paterson when we were working on her third novel, The Master Puppeteer.
		My real mission with each of Katherine's books is to make sure that it expresses her own unique vision, and in the best way possible.
		Katherine completely rewrote the chapter, starting off with a single dramatic episode about a bear.
	www.cbcbooks.org /cbcmagazine/dialogues/katherine-virginia.html (868 words)

	Katherine Paterson
		AB: Noting that Katherine Paterson's books are loved by school children everywhere, this paper discusses her engagement with the books she writes and how children respond to them.
		The paper begins with a brief discussion of the inspiration of one of Katherine Paterson's fairy tales and presents an extended discussion of the motivation behind her writing "Bridge to Terabithia," which was based on events in her own life.
		AB: Explores Katherine Paterson's novels and her ability as a writer to plumb the mythic depths of everyday experience.
	reading.indiana.edu /ieo/bibs/paterson.html (5318 words)

	Educational Paperback Association
		Paterson often writes about children who are orphaned or estranged from their parents, teens who isolate themselves or who associate only with one or two close friends.
		Paterson's third novel, The Master Puppeteer, was her break-out book for which she won a National Book Award in 1977.
		Paterson turned to a contemporary rural American setting for her fourth novel, inspired by the death of her son David's favorite friend, who was struck by lightning.
	www.edupaperback.org /showauth.cfm?authid=66 (2385 words)

	Multnomah County Library 2001 Children's Author Lecture
		Paterson's characters are often young outcasts who grapple with tough issues such as death, jealousy and abandonment.
		Ten colleges and universities have granted Paterson honorary degrees, and she has received 18 different awards for the entire body of her work.
		Katherine Paterson is the author of more than 30 novels, picture books, retellings of folktales and other literary works for children, including:
	www.multcolib.org /kids/lecture/paterson.html (384 words)

	Culture war grips children's literature - The Boston Globe
		Last year, more than a quarter-century after its publication, Paterson's "Bridge to Terabithia" remained among the books most targeted for banning from schools, libraries, and bookstores, according to the American Library Association.
		(Paterson's critics may find it more than coincidence that she turned 72 on Halloween.) An elder in her Presbyterian church in Vermont, Paterson wrote the novel to help her make sense of the death of her son's 8-year-old friend, who was struck by lightning.
		She is scheduled to speak twice in Cambridge next week: at a round-table discussion on religion in kiddie-lit at 7 p.m.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/11/13/culture_war_grips_childrens_literature (790 words)

	Katherine Paterson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Katherine Paterson’s international fame rests not only on her widely acclaimed novels but also on her efforts to promote literacy in the U.S. and abroad.
		A two-time winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award, she was the 1998 recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Medal and was recently given the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts by her home state of Vermont.
		Katherine Paterson is the recipient of the 2006 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, which celebrates her life’s work.
	www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com /catalog/authordetail.cfm?authorID=3256 (106 words)

	Lyddie by Katherine Paterson
		Paterson's ability to portray a different time and place through believable and likeable characters will not be disappointed in this book for sixth graders and up.
		Paterson uses foreshadowing when she says, "It was because of the molded sugar that Lyddie's dream of taking the calf money home came true, though she couldn't have known how that dream was going to come out." Are there other places where that writing technique is used?
		Paterson lets us see the details of the company owned boarding house, hear the clatter of the looms and smell the lint-filled air of the mill.
	www.carolhurst.com /titles/lyddie.html (985 words)

	Interactive Workshops -- In Search of the Novel
		Katherine Paterson was born in China in 1932 to missionary parents.
		She received a Master's degree in English Bible and was a teacher as well as working as a missionary in Japan.
		Paterson lives in Vermont with her husband who is a Presbyterian minister.
	www.learner.org /channel/workshops/isonovel/Pages/Patersonpage.html (152 words)

	Katherine Paterson books reviews
		Most of the story is about Louise's feelings of being left out and unloved by everyone but her father, but also covers the story of a 70 year old man, who used to be her gr...
		Katherine Patterson writes about the life of Jess Aarons when Leslie Burke moves into the house next door from the nearby city.
		Katherine Paterson 4/2/2006 6:34:04 PM Talk about the novels, new and used books that the author has written!
	www.allreaders.com /Topics/Topic_9221.asp (546 words)

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