Vicki Grove (1948-)

Silver Angel Award, for He Gave Her Roses; SCBWI Magazine Merit Award, 1996, for a story in American Girl; Putnam Fiction Prize, for Goodbye, My Wishing Star; Pick of the Lists, American Booksellers, for Goodbye, My Wishing Star; Children's Choice Book, International Reading Association/Children's Book Council, for The Fastest Friend in the West; best book citations, Bank Street College, for The Crystal Garden and Reaching Dustin; inductee, Missouri Writers Hall of Fame, 1998; best book citation, School Library Journal, and best book citation, Children's Literature, both 1998, for Reaching Dustin; best book citation, School Library Journal, 1999, for The Starplace; Midland Authors Award, 2000, for Destiny.