Catherine Friend

Catherine Friend (born March 15, 1957){{Cite web |title=Friend, Catherine 1957– |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/friend-catherine-1957 |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=Encyclopedia.com}} is an American writer of adult nonfiction, fiction, and children's books. Her works have won her four Goldie Awards from the Golden Crown Literary Society, the Minnesota Book Award for General Nonfiction, and Keystone to Reading Book Award for Primary. She was also a finalist for three Lambda Literary Awards and a Judy Grahn Award.

Friend received Bachelor of Arts in economics and Spanish, as well as a Master of Science in economics.

For 25 years, Friend and her wife, Melissa, lived on Rising Moon Farm, a small farm in southeastern Minnesota, where they raised sheep and used their wool for yarn.{{Cite web|title=About|url=https://www.catherinefriend.com/about/about.html|access-date=2022-01-30|website=Catherine Friend|archive-date=2022-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130011048/https://www.catherinefriend.com/about/about.html|url-status=live}} The farm was 53 acres and housed sheep, llamas, goats, steers, ducks, chickens, and peacocks.{{Cite web|title=Rising Moon Farm|url=https://www.catherinefriend.com/about/farewell.html|access-date=2022-01-30|website=Catherine Friend}}

Awards

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!Year

!Title

!Award

!Result

!Ref.

rowspan="3" |2007

| rowspan="3" |Hit by a Farm

|Goldie Award for Lesbian Short Story/Essay Collections

|Winner

|{{Cite web |title=2007 Award Winners |url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/2007Winners |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914002755/https://www.goldencrownliterarysociety.org/ |archive-date=2024-09-14 |access-date=2022-01-29 |website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}

Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |title=The Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction |url=https://publishingtriangle.org/awards/judy-grahn-lesbian-nonfiction/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226235912/https://publishingtriangle.org/awards/judy-grahn-lesbian-nonfiction/ |archive-date=2023-12-26 |access-date=2022-01-30 |website=The Publishing Triangle |language=en-US}}

Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez Cerna |first=Antonio |date=2006-04-30 |title=19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2006/04/lambda-literary-awards-2006-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125023311/https://lambdaliterary.org/2006/04/lambda-literary-awards-2006-2/ |archive-date=2022-01-25 |access-date=2022-01-30 |website=Lambda Literary |language=en}}

rowspan="3" |2008

|A Pirate's Heart

|Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez Cerna |first=Antonio |date=2010-02-18 |title=21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2010/02/lambda-literary-awards-2008-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123120952/https://lambdaliterary.org/2010/02/lambda-literary-awards-2008-2/ |archive-date=2022-01-23 |access-date=2022-01-30 |website=Lambda Literary |language=en}}

The Crown of Valencia

|Goldie Award for Lesbian Speculative Fiction

|Winner

|{{Cite web |title=2008 Award Winners |url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/2008Winners |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914002755/https://www.goldencrownliterarysociety.org/ |archive-date=2024-09-14 |access-date=2022-01-29 |website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}

The Spanish Pearl

|Goldie Award for Dramatic General Fiction

|Winner

rowspan="3" |2009

|Compassionate Carnivore

|Minnesota Book Award for General Nonfiction

|Winner

|{{Cite web |title=Minnesota Book Awards Winners & Finalists |url=https://thefriends.org/minnesota-book-awards/minnesota-book-awards-winners/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217223331/https://thefriends.org/minnesota-book-awards/minnesota-book-awards-winners/ |archive-date=2019-12-17 |access-date=2022-01-30 |website=The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2009-04-27 |title=Awards: Los Angeles Times; Nebulas; Minnesota |url=https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=909#m6621 |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2024-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528025734/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=909#m6621 |url-status=live }}

The Perfect Nest

|Keystone to Reading Book Award for Primary

|Winner

|{{Cite web |title=Previous Elementary Winners |url=https://ksla.wildapricot.org/Past-Keystone-to-Reading-Award-Winners |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130011043/https://ksla.wildapricot.org/Past-Keystone-to-Reading-Award-Winners |archive-date=2022-01-30 |access-date=2022-01-30 |website=Keystone State Literacy Association}}

A Pirate's Heart

|Golldie Award for Historical Romance

|Winner

|{{Cite web |title=2009 Award Winners |url=https://www.goldencrown.org/page/2009Winners |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129040150/https://www.goldencrown.org/page/2009Winners |archive-date=2022-01-29 |access-date=2022-01-29 |website=Golden Crown Literary Society}}

2012

|Sheepish

|Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |title=Previous Winners |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/previous-winners-3/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121233826/https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/previous-winners-3/ |archive-date=2022-01-21 |access-date=2022-01-30 |website=Lambda Literary |language=en}}

Publications

= Books for adults =

== Fiction ==

A Pirate's Heart (2008)
The Copper Egg (2016)
Spark (2017)

=== Kate Vincent Adventures ===

The Spanish Pearl (2007)
The Crown of Valencia (2007)

== Nonfiction ==

Hit by a Farm: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Barn (2006){{Cite web |date=2012-03-26 |title=Hit by a Farm: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Barn by Catherine Friend |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781935061137 |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2024-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914002856/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781935061137 |url-status=live }}
Sheepish: Two Women, Fifty Sheep, and Enough Wool to Save the Planet (2011){{Cite web |date=2011-04-04 |title=Sheepish: Two Women, Fifty Sheep & Enough Wool to Save the Planet by Catherine Friend |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780306818448 |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2024-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914002900/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780306818448 |url-status=live }}
Compassionate Carnivore: Or, How to Keep Animals Happy, Save Old Macdonald's Farm, Reduce Your Hoofprint, and Still Eat Meat (2008){{Cite web |date=2008-03-24 |title=The Compassionate Carnivore: Or, How to Keep Animals Happy, Save Old MacDonald's Farm, Reduce Your Hoofprint, and Still Eat Meat by Catherine Friend |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781600940071 |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2024-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914002835/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781600940071 |url-status=live }}

= Books for young people =

My Head Is Full of Colors (1994)
The Sawfin Stickleback: A Very Fishy Story, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino (1994)
Funny Ruby (2000)
Silly Ruby (2000)
Well Done Worm! with Kathy Caple (2000)
The Perfect Nest, illustrated by John Manders (2007){{Cite web |date=2007-01-15 |title=The Perfect Nest |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/catherine-friend/the-perfect-nest/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=Kirkus Reviews |archive-date=2023-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602014419/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/catherine-friend/the-perfect-nest/ |url-status=live }}
Barn Boot Blues (2011){{Cite web |date=2011-09-15 |title=Barn Boot Blues |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/catherine-friend/barn-boot-blues/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=Kirkus Reviews |archive-date=2024-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914002850/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/like-dislike/2000135235/ |url-status=live }}
The Broken Elevator, illustrated by Craig Orback (2013)