Happy 90th, Budge Wilson! (Canadian novelist: "Before Green Gables," 2008)

[leno...@yahoo.com]

Her name at birth was Marjorie MacGregor Archibald.

A former teacher and librarian, she used to divide her time between Peterborough, Ontario, and Nova Scotia. She now lives in the latter.

She wrote introductions to L.M. Montgomery's "Anne of Avonlea" and "Anne of the Island."

"Has worked as freelance editor, journalist, commercial artist, and photographer."

"Contributor of short fiction to numerous periodicals, including Dinosaur Review, Horizons, Magook, Chatelaine, and Crackers; work represented in anthologies, including Canadian Children's Annual, Inside Stories 2, and Winter Welcomes. Child-care columnist for Toronto Globe and Mail in the mid- 1960s under name Marjorie Wilson."

"She received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in June 2012."

About that medal (from Wikipedia):

The Canadian medal, which is to "honour significant contributions and achievements by Canadians," is administered by the Chancellery of Honours at Rideau Hall and was awarded to 60,000 citizens and permanent residents of Canada who made a significant contribution to their fellow countrymen, their community, or to Canada over the previous sixty years. The medal could have been awarded posthumously if the recipient was alive on 6 February 2012. The medals were allocated either automatically to individuals within certain prescribed categories—such as those in the Canadian order of precedence, the Order of Canada, or recipients of the Cross of Valour—or by selection by specific officials, such as the Governor General, senators, the Chief of the Defence Staff, or presidents of various non-governmental organisations. The Governor General was also permitted to make "exceptional awards" of the medal.

http://writers.ns.ca/members/profile/208
(photo, booklist, awards)

https://www.google.com/search?q=budge+wilson++books&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwipxuzeyNHTAhVRxCYKHd66ApEQ_AUICCgD&biw=1266&bih=810
(book covers)

https://bookwitch.wordpress.com/interviews/budge-wilson-after-l-m-montgomery/
(long interview from 2008)

https://seastacks.lib.unb.ca/content/budge-wilson
(includes photo and a link to a long 2011 Q&A interview)

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/apr/05/featuresreviews.guardianreview28
(review of "Before Green Gables" - it's a prequel to "Anne of Green Gables")

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/author/budge-wilson/
(three Kirkus reviews)

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/28718.Budge_Wilson
(reader reviews)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budge_Wilson
(includes links to a few articles)

https://www.google.com/#q=budge+wilson&tbm=vid
(videos)


WRITINGS:

The Best/Worst Christmas Present Ever (juvenile novel; "Blue Harbour" series), Scholastic Tab Publications (Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada), 1984.
A House Far from Home (juvenile novel; "Blue Harbour" series), Scholastic Tab Publications (Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada), 1986.
Mr. John Bertrand Nijinsky and Charlie (picture book), illustrations by Terry Roscoe Boucher, Nimbus (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada), 1986.
Mystery Lights at Blue Harbour (juvenile novel; "Blue Harbour" series), Scholastic Tab Publications (Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada), 1987.
Breakdown, Scholastic (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1988.
Thirteen Never Changes, Scholastic (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1989.

Madame Belzile & Ramsey Hither, Nimbus (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada), 1990.
Lorinda's Diary, Stoddart Kids (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1991.
The Leaving, and Other Stories, Philomel Books (New York, NY), 1992.
Oliver's Wars, Stoddart (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1993.
Cordelia Clark, Stoddart (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1994.
The Courtship (stories), Anansi (Concord, Ontario, Canada), 1994.
Cassandra's Driftwood, Pottersfield Press (Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia, Canada), 1994.
The Dandelion Garden and Other Stories, Philomel (New York, NY), 1995.
Mothers and Other Strangers (stories), Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1996.
Harold & Harold, Pottersfield Press (Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia, Canada), 1996.
The Long Wait, Stoddart (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1997.
Duff the Giant Killer, Formac (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada), 1997.
Sharla, Stoddart Kids (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1997.
The Cat That Barked, Pottersfield Press (Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia, Canada), 1998.

Duff's Monkey Business, Orca Books (Custer, WA), 2000.
The Fear of Angelina Domino, illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes, Stoddart Kids (New York, NY), 2000.
Manfred the Unmanageable Monster, illustrated by Jill Quinn, Pottersfield Press (Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia, Canada), 2001.
A Fiddle for Angus, Tundra Books (Plattsburgh, NY), 2001.
Izzie: The Christmas That Almost Wasn't, Penguin (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2002.
Fractures: Family Stories, Viking Canada (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2002.
The Imperfect Perfect Christmas, illustrated by Terry Roscoe, Pottersfield Press (Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia, Canada), 2004.
Izzie: Trongate Fury, Penguin Books Canada (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2005.
Friendships (stories), Penguin Books Canada (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2006.
Our Canadian Girl Izzie: Homecoming, Penguin Books Canada (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2006.
Before Green Gables, G.P. Putnam's Sons (New York, NY), 2008.


Lenona.