American author and illustrator
Bonnie Christensen (January 23, 1951 – January 12, 2015), an American author and illustrator, is best known for writing biographies and other illustrated non-fiction books for children and young adults.[1] She was also an accomplished wood engraver and fine artist whose works were shown internationally in both solo and group exhibitions.[2]
She taught fine arts at Saint Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont from 1996 - 2008 and writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts in the Writing for Children and Young Adults program from 2011 - 2015.[3] [4]
Bibliography
As author Sunshine, Moonshine , by Bonnie Christensen and Emily Herder. Onion River Press , March 2024.[5]
As author and illustrator Elvis: The Story of the Rock and Roll King , Henry Holt , 2015I, Galileo , Alfred A. Knopf , NY, 2012Plant a Little Seed , Roaring Brook Press , NY, 2012Fabulous, A Portrait of Andy Warhol , Henry Holt , 2011Django, World's Greatest Jazz Guitarist , Roaring Brook Press, NY, 2009Mama Went to Jail for the Vote , Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2005 (with Kathleen Karr and Malene Laugesen)[6] The Daring Nellie Bly , Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 2003In My Grandmother's House , HarperCollins , NY, 2003Woody Guthrie, Poet of the People , Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 2001Rebus Riot! , Dial/Penguin , NY, 1997An Edible Alphabet , Dial/Penguin, NY, 1994
As illustrator The Princess of Borscht by Leda Schubert. Roaring Brook Press, NY, 2011Ida B. Wells by Walter Dean Myers . HarperCollins, NY, 2008Magic in the Margins by W. Nikola-Lisa. Houghton Mifflin , Boston , 2007Pompeii, Lost and Found by Mary Pope Osborne . Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 2006I, Dred Scott by Sheila P. Moses. Simon & Schuster , NY, 2005Moon Over Tennessee by Craig Crist Evan. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1999The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck . Folio Society , London, England, England, 1998Breaking into Print by Stephen Krensky. Little, Brown & Co. , Boston, 1996Putting the World to Sleep by Shelley Moore Thomas. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1995Green Mountain Ghosts, Ghouls, and Unsolved Mysteries by Joe Citro . Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1994
Awards Christensen received a number of book awards including an American Library Association Schneider Family Book Award (for Django, World's Greatest Jazz Guitarist in 2010),[7] a Kirkus "Best Children's Book of 2006" designation (for her illustrations in Pompeii, Lost and Found in 2006),[8] an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award (for The Daring Nellie Bly in 2004),[9] and a Horn Book-Boston Globe Honor Award ,[10] a Parent's Choice Gold Award ,[11] a designation of "Best Book Of the Year" by Publishers Weekly , a "Notable Books" designation by the New York Times Book Review ,[12] and a New York Book Show Award (for Woody Guthrie, Poet of the People in 2001).
Death Christensen died of ovarian cancer on January 12, 2015, aged 63.[13]
External links Official website for Bonnie Christensen, updated November 2023 Old website for Bonnie Christensen, 2008 - 2013.
References ^ "Bonnie Christensen". Bonnie Christensen . Retrieved November 21, 2023 . ^ "Bonnie Christensen - Resume". bonnietchristensen.com . Retrieved November 21, 2023 . ^ "Bonnie Christensen - Resume". bonnietchristensen.com . Retrieved November 21, 2023 . ^ "About". Bonnie Christensen . Retrieved November 21, 2023 . ^ "Sunshine, Moonshine (2024)". Bonnie Christensen . Retrieved November 21, 2023 . ^ GoodReads website, Bonnie Christensen ^ "Schneider Family Book Award". Ala.org . Retrieved April 5, 2015 . ^ Mary Pope Osborne. "Pompeii". Kirkus Reviews . Retrieved April 5, 2015 . ^ "The Oppenheim Toy Portfolio". Toyportfolio.com . Archived from the original on February 1, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2015 . ^ "Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards". Archive.hbook.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2015 . ^ "Woody Guthrie: Poet of the People". Parents' Choice Foundation . Retrieved April 5, 2015 . ^ Klass, Perri (November 18, 2001). "Children's Books - This Land Was His Land". The New York Times . Retrieved April 5, 2015 . ^ "Obituaries: Bonnie Christensen". The Wilson Times . Archived from the original on February 1, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2015 .