Debby Dahl Edwardson

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Full Name Deborah Dahl Role Author Name Debby Edwardson		Other names Deborah Edwardson Nationality American Education Colorado College

Alma mater Vermont College of Fine Arts, 2005 Residence Barrow, Alaska, United States Nominations National Book Award for Young People's Literature Books My Name Is Not Easy, Whale Snow, Blessing's Bead, Whale Snow/Uqsruagnaq (English

Debby dahl edwardson reads from my name is not easy at the 2011 nba finalists reading

Deborah "Debby" Dahl Edwardson (born 1954) is an American author of young adult fiction.

Early life and education

Debby Edwardson was born Deborah Dahl in 1954 and grew up in Minnesota. She received a degree in English from Colorado College, and an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2005.

Career

In 2011, Edwardson was a finalist for the National Book Award in the young adult category. She is an instructor at Iḷisaġvik College, a community college in Barrow, Alaska.

Books

Whale Snow (2003).

Blessing's Bead (2009) was named in the American Library Association's 2011 list of Best Fiction for Young Adults and was named in the Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth of 2010 by Booklist.

My Name is Not Easy (2010) is the story of three Native Alaskan children who are sent to boarding school.

Personal life

She and her husband George Edwardson have seven children. She lives in Barrow, Alaska. She is the president of the North Slope Borough School Board.

References

Debby Dahl Edwardson Wikipedia

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