Margaret Bechard

American writer (born 1953)

Margaret Bechard

Born	1953 (age 70–71) Chico, California, U.S.
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American
Period	1990s-present
Genre	Science fiction, Children's literature
Website
www.margaretbechard.com

Margaret Bechard (born 1953) is an American author of contemporary and science fiction for children and young adults.

Biography

Bechard was born in 1953 in Chico, California. She received her bachelor's degree in English literature from Reed College in 1976.^{[citation needed]} She is married to Lee Boekelheide and they have three sons and four grandchildren.^[1] She lives in Tigard, Oregon.^[2]

Bechard served as the Young People's Literature Chair of the 2006 National Book Award Committee.^[3] Her books are published in English, French, Swedish and Korean.^[4] She teaches in the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts.^[5]

Awards

In 1996, Star Hatchling, a middle grade novel about first contact, received the Eleanor Cameron Award, a Golden Duck Award for Excellence in Children's Science Fiction.^[2]^[6]

Hanging on to Max, a story about a teenage father, was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and School Library Journal Best Book of the Year in 2004.^[2]^[7]^[8]

Bibliography

My Sister, My Science Report (1990)
Tory and Me and the Spirit of True Love (1992)
Really No Big Deal (1994)
Star Hatchling (1995)
My Mom Married the Principal (1998) - a sequel to Really No Big Deal
If It Doesn't Kill You (1999)
Hanging on to Max (2002)
Spacer and Rat (2005)

References

^ "cynsations: Author Interview: Margaret Bechard on Spacer and Rat". cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2006.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Author".
^ "The National Book Foundation". Archived from the original on February 24, 2007.
^ "Bechard, Margaret [WorldCat Identities]". Retrieved December 23, 2022.
^ "Faculty | Writing for Children & Young Adults | Vermont College of Fine Arts". Archived from the original on March 17, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
^ "Golden Duck Past Winners". Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2009.
^ "ALA | 2003 Best Books for Young Adults". Archived from the original on May 5, 2009. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
^ Yampbell, Cat. "Judging a Book by its Cover: Publishing Trends in Young Adult Literature." The Lion and the Unicorn 29.3 (2005) 348–372. (Johns Hopkins University Press)