Norma Charles Biography - Writings, Sidelights - Personal, Career, Member, Honors Awards

Born 1961, teacher-librarian diploma, 1984.

Writer. Vancouver School Board, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, elementary and high school teacher for eight years; teacher-librarian for ten years.

Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators, and Performers, Writers Union of Canada, Children's Writers and Illustrators of British Columbia, Canadian Children's Book Centre.

First prize, Coquitlam Pioneers, 1989, for short story "Lum King"; British Columbia Book Award, 2000, for Sophie Sea to Sea; Sheila Egoff Prize for Children's Literature shortlist, 2002, for The Accomplice.