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Caroline Adderson was born in 1963 in Edmonton, Alberta and graduated from the University of British Columbia with a B.Ed. in 1986. Adderson lives in Vancouver.

Books by Caroline Adderson

	1993 Bad Imaginings Collection of ten short stories.
	1999 A History of Forgetting (novel)
	2003 Sitting Practice A car accident changes everything for a pair of newlyweds when one of them is paralyzed.
	2005 Mr. Justice (short story)
	2006 Pleased to Meet You (short stories)
	2007 Very Serious Children Nicky is not enjoying life in the circus.
	2007 I, Bruno (children)
	2009 Bruno for Real
	2010 The Sky is Falling A woman's terrorist past comes to light, twenty years after a bombing.
	2010 Film Studies (teen novella)
	2012 Jasper John Dooley, Star of the Week (children)
	2012 Middle of Nowhere
	2013 Jasper John Dooley, Left Behind
	2014 Jasper John Dooley, NOT in Love (children)
	2014 Norman, Speak! (children)
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Awards

• Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize
  • 2015 – Norman, Speak! – Shortlisted

• Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
  • 1994 – Bad Imaginings – Winner
  • 2000 – A History of Forgetting – Shortlisted
  • 2004 – Sitting Practice – Winner
  • 2015 – Ellen in Pieces – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award: Fiction
  • 1993 – Bad Imaginings – Shortlisted

• Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award: Fiction
  • 2014 – Jasper John Dooley: Star of the Week – Shortlisted

• Marian Engel Award
  • 2006 – Winner

• Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
  • 1999 – A History of Forgetting – Shortlisted

• Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize
  • 2013 – Middle of Nowhere – Winner

Links

• Official site for adult books
• Official site for children's books

Comments

Added 15 May 2006.
Updated 22 June 2015.