Eric Walters was born on 3 March 1957 in Toronto, Ontario. He earned a B.A. (Honours) in psychology from York University in 1979, then went to work as a social worker. In 1983, Walters earned his Bachelor of Social Work, followed by a Masters degree in 1985, and a Bachelor of Education in 1989, all from the University of Toronto. He taught elementary school until 2003 and continues to work part-time as a social worker at a local hospital. Walters lives in Mississauga.

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Books by Eric Walters

	1994 Stand Your Ground
	1996 Stars
	1997 Trapped in Ice Helen and her family must leave their trapped ship in the Arctic and make their way to safety.
	1998 Diamonds in the Rough Sky wants to keep her family together after the death of their mother and she's willing to make a deal with her ex-biker uncle to make that happen.
	1998 Stranded Gordon goes on a week-long school trip to a marine teaching station on a remote island.
	1998 War of the Eagles Jed's best friend is sent to an internment camp during World War II.
	1999 Tiger by the Tail Sarah and Nicholas seek shelter from a storm in a barn belonging to a retired circus trainer.
	1999 The Hydrofoil Mystery Fifteen-year-old Billy gets a job at the summer home of Alexander Graham Bell.
	1999 Visions Twin brothers, Robert and Mark, go with their mother to an Arctic island to observe muskox.
	1999 Three on Three
	2000 The Money Pit Mystery Sam searches for treasure with his grandfather on Oak Island.
	2000 The Bully Boys A boy finds himself in the middle of the War of 1812.
	2000 Caged Eagles Tadashi Fukushima doesn't understand why he and his family were sent to an internment camp. Sequel to War of the Eagles.
	2000 Rebound
	2000 Full Court Press
	2001 Hoop Crazy! Nick and Kia compete in a sanctioned three-on-three tournament.
	2001 Tiger in Trouble
	2001 Northern Exposures
	2001 Long Shot
	2002 Camp X Two boys stumble across a hidden military base.
	2002 Road Trip
	2002 Tiger Town
	2002 Ricky When vandals wreck the science classroom and kill most of the animals, including a pet boa constrictor, Ricky and his best friend decide to raise the money needed to buy a new snake.
	2003 Off Season
	2003 Royal Ransom
	2003 Run
	2004 The True Story of Santa Claus (with Christina Walters)
	2004 Underdog
	2004 Death by Exposure
	2004 Grind
	2004 Overdrive
	2004 I've Got An Idea
	2004 Camp 30
	2005 Triple Threat
	2005 Juice A football player must deal with a coach who will stop at nothing to win.
	2005 Elixir A twelve-year-old girl disapproves of the testing methods of Dr. Banting and Mr. Best at the University of Toronto.
	2006 Laggan Lard Butts The Laggan Lairds are tired of being teased and an election is held to change the name of the school teams.
	2006 Fool's Gold
	2006 Stuffed
	2006 We All Fall Down
	2006 Shattered While volunteering at a soup kitchen, fifteen-year-old Ian meets Sarge, a homeless veteran.
	2007 House Party
	2007 Bifocal (with Deborah Ellis)
	2007 Safe As Houses
	2007 Boot Camp (with with Jerome Williams, Johnnie Williams III)
	2007 Tiger Trap
	2007 Sketches
	2008 Voyageur Brian, his mom, and his sister go on a canoe trip in Northern Quebec to scatter the ashes of Brian's father.
	2008 When Elephants Fight (with Adrian Bradbury) The stories of five children from war-torn countries.
	2008 Alexandria of Africa A rich girl is sent to Kenya to work for a charity after being arrested for shoplifting.
	2008 In a Flash
	2008 The Falls
	2008 Splat!
	2008 The Pole
	2009 Special Edward A slacker scams his way into a special education class.
	2009 Tell Me Why: How Young People Can Change the World (editor)
	2009 Wounded
	2009 Wave
	2009 Shell Shocked
	2009 United We Stand
	2010 Fly Boy
	2010 Home Team
	2010 Trouble in Paradise
	2010 Branded
	2010 Beverly Hills Maasai
	2011 Shaken
	2011 Just Deserts
	2011 Catboy
	2011 End of Days
	2012 The Matatu
	2012 The Taming (with Teresa Toten)
	2012 Hunter
	2012 Prince for a Princess
	2012 Between Heaven and Earth
	2013 Enigma
	2013 My Name is Blessing
	2013 Power Play
	2013 Tagged
	2014 The Rule of Three
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Awards

• Arthur Ellis Awards: Juvenile
  • 2003 – Camp X – Shortlisted

• Golden Oak Award
  • 2007 – Shattered – Shortlisted
  • 2013 – Matatu – Shortlisted

• Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award: Fiction
  • 2001 – The Hydrofoil Mystery – Shortlisted
  • 2002 – The Money Pit Mystery – Shortlisted

• Red Maple Award
  • 1999 – War of the Eagles – Shortlisted
  • 2001 – Rebound – Winner
  • 2002 – Bully Boys – Shortlisted
  • 2004 – Run – Shortlisted
  • 2007 – We All Fall Down – Winner
  • 2008 – Safe as Houses – Winner
  • 2011 – Tell Me Why – Shortlisted
  • 2011 – Wounded – Shortlisted
  • 2012 – Fly Boy – Shortlisted
  • 2013 – End of Days – Shortlisted
  • 2014 – Between Heaven and Earth – Shortlisted
  • 2015 – Rule of Three – Winner

• Silver Birch Award
  • 1996 – Stand Your Ground – Shortlisted
  • 1997 – Stars – Winner
  • 1999 – Trapped in Ice – Winner
  • 2003 – Camp X – Winner
  • 2011 – Branded – Shortlisted
  • 2013 – Matatu – Shortlisted
  • 2015 – My Name is Blessing – Shortlisted

• White Pine Award
  • 2007 – Shattered – Winner
  • 2013 – The Taming – Shortlisted

Links

• Official site

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Added 07 May 2009.
Updated 07 June 2015.