Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch ( SCRIP-ik;[1] born 1954) is a Ukrainian-Canadian children's writer who currently lives in Brantford, Ontario.
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Born | Marsha Forchuk (1954-12-12) December 12, 1954 (age 69) Brantford, ON, Canada |
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Occupation | Author |
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Nationality | Ukrainian/Canadian |
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Alma mater | University of Western Ontario |
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Genre | Children's Literature |
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She received a B.A. in English and a Master of Library Science from the University of Western Ontario, and began writing fiction in 1992. Her first book, Silver Threads, was published in 1996.[2]
Marsha Skrypuch is the author of many books for children and young adults. She primarily writes about war from a young person's perspective. She is also the author of the Making Bombs for Hitler trilogy which consists of Making Bombs for Hitler,[3] The War Below, and Stolen Girl.
- Silver Threads – 1996
- The Best Gifts – 1998
- The Hunger – 1999
- Enough – 2000
- Hope's War – 2001
- Nobody's Child – 2003
- Aram's Choice – 2006
- Kobzar's Children: A Century of Untold Ukrainian Stories – 2006
- Dear Canada: Prisoners in the Promised Land: The Ukrainian Internment Diary of Anya Soloniuk, Spirit Lake, Quebec, 1914 – 2007
- Daughter of War – 2008
- Call Me Aram – 2009
- A Christmas To Remember – 2009 -- "An Unexpected Visitor" was written by Skrypuch for this anthology.
- Stolen Girl (originally Stolen Child) – 2010
- Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War – 2011
- Making Bombs For Hitler – 2012
- One Step At A Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way – 2012
- When Mama Goes to Work – 2013
- Underground Soldier – 2014
- Dance of the Banished – 2014
- Adrift at Sea: A Vietnamese Boy's Story of Survival – 2016
- Don't Tell the Nazis (originally Don't Tell the Enemy) – 2018
- The War Below (originally Underground Soldier) - 2018
- Trapped in Hitler's Web - 2020
- Sky of Bombs, Sky of Stars; A Vietnamese War Orphan Finds Home - 2020 (omnibus edition of Last Airlift and One Step at a Time)
- Traitors Among Us - 2021
- Winterkill - 2022
- 1996, Taras Shevchenko for Silver Threads
- 2000, CCBC's Our Choice Award for The Hunger
- 2001, CCBC's Our Choice Award for Enough
- 2002, CCBC's Our Choice Award for Hope's War
- 2004 CCBC's Our Choice Award for Nobody's Child
- 2006 CCBC's Our Choice for Aram's Choice
- 2008 Order of Princess Olga, for her writing on the Holodomor, in particular her book Enough
- 2010 Woman of Distinction, World Congress of Ukrainian Women's Organizations
- 2010 Calliope Award for outstanding writing and mentoring, Humber School for Writers
- 2011 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award for the Americas, for Stolen Child[4]
- 2012 CCBC Best Books for Kids: Last Airlift
- 2012 CCBC Best Books For Kids: Stolen Child
- 2012 CCBC Best Books For Kids, Starred Review: Making Bombs For Hitler
- 2012 CCBC Best Books for Kids: Making Bombs For Hitler
- 2013 Red Cedar Book Award Winner in category "Information", Last Airlift[5]
- 2013 Silver Birch Fiction Winner: Making Bombs For Hitler
- 2014 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award: Making Bombs For Hitler[6]
- 2014 Silver Birch non-fiction Winner: One Step At A Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way[7]
- 2014 Underground Soldier: Starred Selection, CCBC Best Books for Kids
- 2015 Underground Soldier: Geoffrey Bilson Award nominee
- 2015 Dance of the Banished: Geoffrey Bilson Award WINNER
- 2015 Dance of the Banished: Junior Library Guild selection April
- 2015 Dance of the Banished: CCBC Best Books for Kids
- 2015 Dance of the Banished: The White Ravens selection 2015
- 2016 Dance of the Banished: USBBY Outstanding International Book
- 2016 Underground Soldier: Kobzar Literary Award nominee
- 2016 Adrift At Sea: Resource Links Best Book
- 2017 Adrift At Sea: Starred selection: ABC CLIO
- 2017 Adrift At Sea: Starred selection: CCBC Best Books for Kids
- 2017 The Best Gifts: Storytelling World Resource Honor Book
- 2017 Adrift At Sea: 2017 Canadian Children’s Literature Roundtables Information Book Award, Honour Book
- 2017 Adrift At Sea: Cybils Finalist for MG non-fiction.
- 2018 Adrift At Sea: Golden Oak Award shortlist,
- 2018–19 Adrift At Sea: Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice nominee,
- 2018 Adrift At Sea: Selected for Pope Francis exhibit, Bologna Italy,