Marsha Skrypuch
{{short description|Ukrainian Canadian children's writer (born 1954)}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
| image = Marsha Skrypuch - EMWF 2018 - DanH-7075 (cropped).jpg
| alt = Marsha Skrypuch at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2018
| caption = Skrypuch reading at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2018
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|12|12}}
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| occupation = Author
| genre = Children's Literature
| birth_name = Marsha Forchuk
| nationality = Ukrainian/Canadian
| birth_place = Brantford, ON, Canada
| alma_mater = University of Western Ontario
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Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|k|r|ɪ|p|ɪ|k}} {{Respell|SCRIP|ik}};{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE-LRWSTGzE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/jE-LRWSTGzE| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Making Bombs for Hitler, first scenes|website=YouTube |accessdate=27 July 2021}}{{cbignore}} born 1954) is a Ukrainian-Canadian children's writer who currently lives in Brantford, Ontario.
She received a B.A. in English and a Master of Library Science from the University of Western Ontario, and began writing fiction in 1992. Her first book, Silver Threads, was published in 1996.{{cite web |url=http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/profiles/skrypuch.html |title=CM Magazine Profile: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch |publisher=Umanitoba.ca |date= |accessdate=2015-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070207063232/http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/profiles/skrypuch.html |archive-date=2007-02-07 |url-status=dead }}
Marsha Skrypuch is the author of many books for children and young adults. She primarily writes about war from a young person's perspective. She is also the author of the Making Bombs for Hitler trilogy which consists of Making Bombs for Hitler,{{Cite book |last=Skrypuch |first=Marsha Forchuk |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WQr9Cn0GS7oC |title=Making Bombs for Hitler |date=2012-01-01 |publisher=Scholastic Canada |isbn=978-1-4431-1931-3 |language=en}} The War Below, and Stolen Girl.
Works
- Silver Threads – 1996
- The Best Gifts – 1998
- The Hunger – 1999
- Enough – 2000
- Hope's War – 2001
- Nobody's Child – 2003
- Aram's Choice – 2006
- Kobzar's Children: A Century of Untold Ukrainian Stories – 2006
- Dear Canada: Prisoners in the Promised Land: The Ukrainian Internment Diary of Anya Soloniuk, Spirit Lake, Quebec, 1914 – 2007
- Daughter of War – 2008
- Call Me Aram – 2009
- A Christmas To Remember – 2009 -- "An Unexpected Visitor" was written by Skrypuch for this anthology.
- Stolen Girl (originally Stolen Child) – 2010
- Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War – 2011
- Making Bombs For Hitler – 2012
- One Step At A Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way – 2012
- When Mama Goes to Work – 2013
- Underground Soldier – 2014
- Dance of the Banished – 2014
- Adrift at Sea: A Vietnamese Boy's Story of Survival – 2016
- Don't Tell the Nazis (originally Don't Tell the Enemy) – 2018
- The War Below (originally Underground Soldier) - 2018
- Trapped in Hitler's Web - 2020
- Sky of Bombs, Sky of Stars; A Vietnamese War Orphan Finds Home - 2020 (omnibus edition of Last Airlift and One Step at a Time)
- Traitors Among Us - 2021
- Winterkill - 2022
- Under Attack (Kidnapped From Ukraine #1) - Will be released in 2025
Awards
- 1996, Taras Shevchenko for Silver Threads
- 2000, CCBC's Our Choice Award for The Hunger
- 2001, CCBC's Our Choice Award for Enough
- 2002, CCBC's Our Choice Award for Hope's War
- 2004 CCBC's Our Choice Award for Nobody's Child
- 2006 CCBC's Our Choice for Aram's Choice
- 2008 Order of Princess Olga, for her writing on the Holodomor, in particular her book Enough
- 2010 Woman of Distinction, World Congress of Ukrainian Women's Organizations
- 2010 Calliope Award for outstanding writing and mentoring, Humber School for Writers
- 2011 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award for the Americas, for Stolen Child{{cite web|url=http://www.scbwi.org/Pages.aspx/Current-News?2011-SCBWI-Crystal-Kite-Awards-Announced- |title=Current News - SCBWI |accessdate=2011-06-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709064550/http://www.scbwi.org/Pages.aspx/Current-News?2011-SCBWI-Crystal-Kite-Awards-Announced- |archivedate=2011-07-09 }}
- 2012 CCBC Best Books for Kids: Last Airlift
- 2012 CCBC Best Books For Kids: Stolen Child
- 2012 CCBC Best Books For Kids, Starred Review: Making Bombs For Hitler
- 2012 CCBC Best Books for Kids: Making Bombs For Hitler
- 2013 Red Cedar Book Award Winner in category "Information", Last Airlift{{Cite web |url=https://www.redcedaraward.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2015_2016_Previous_rc_readers.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-09-05 |archive-date=2021-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628054432/https://www.redcedaraward.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2015_2016_Previous_rc_readers.pdf |url-status=dead }}
- 2013 Silver Birch Fiction Winner: Making Bombs For Hitler
- 2014 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award: Making Bombs For Hitler{{Cite web|url=http://www.myrca.ca/award-ceremony/|title=Award Ceremony 2014 – Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Awards|last=|first=|date=|website=www.myrca.ca|publisher=|access-date=2016-09-05}}
- 2014 Silver Birch non-fiction Winner: One Step At A Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way{{Cite web|url=http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2014/05/23/author-marsha-skrypuch-wins-silver-birch-award|title=Author Marsha Skrypuch wins Silver Birch Award|last=|first=|date=|website=Brantford Expositor|publisher=|access-date=2016-09-05}}
- 2014 Underground Soldier: Starred Selection, CCBC Best Books for Kids
- 2015 Underground Soldier: Geoffrey Bilson Award nominee
- 2015 Dance of the Banished: Geoffrey Bilson Award WINNER
- 2015 Dance of the Banished: Junior Library Guild selection April
- 2015 Dance of the Banished: CCBC Best Books for Kids
- 2015 Dance of the Banished: The White Ravens selection 2015
- 2016 Dance of the Banished: USBBY Outstanding International Book
- 2016 Underground Soldier: Kobzar Literary Award nominee
- 2016 Adrift At Sea: Resource Links Best Book
- 2017 Adrift At Sea: Starred selection: ABC CLIO
- 2017 Adrift At Sea: Starred selection: CCBC Best Books for Kids
- 2017 The Best Gifts: Storytelling World Resource Honor Book
- 2017 Adrift At Sea: 2017 Canadian Children’s Literature Roundtables Information Book Award, Honour Book
- 2017 Adrift At Sea: Cybils Finalist for MG non-fiction.
- 2018 Adrift At Sea: Golden Oak Award shortlist,
- 2018–19 Adrift At Sea: Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice nominee,
- 2018 Adrift At Sea: Selected for Pope Francis exhibit, Bologna Italy,
References
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External links
- {{official |www.calla.com}}
- [http://www.writersunion.ca/member/marshaforchuk-skrypuch Writers' Union of Canada]
- [http://www.canscaip.org/Sys/PublicProfile/5889860/1160952 Marsha Skrypuch] at the Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators, and Performers (CANSCAIP.org)
- [http://www.ibby-canada.org/?s=newsletter&searchsubmit=#skrypuch IBBY Canada interview with Marsha Skrypuch]
- [http://www.openbookontario.com/news/writing_marsha_forchuk_skrypuch Open Book Toronto interview On Writing]
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