Bonnie Christensen
Bonnie Christensen (January 23, 1951 – January 12, 2015), an American author and illustrator, is best known for writing biographies and other illustrated non-fiction books for children and young adults. She was also an accomplished wood engraver and fine artist whose works were shown internationally in both solo and group exhibitions. She taught fine arts at Saint Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont from 1996 - 2008 and writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts in the Writing for Children and Young Adults program from 2011 - 2015.
Bonnie Christensen

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- Bonnie Christensen was born on 23 January 1951.
- Died
- Bonnie Christensen died on 12 January 2015.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- writer and illustrator.
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Bonnie Christensen (January 23, 1951 – January 12, 2015), an American author and illustrator, is best known for writing biographies and other illustrated non-fiction books for children and young adults. She was also an accomplished wood engraver and fine artist whose works were shown internationally in both solo and group exhibitions. She taught fine arts at Saint Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont from 1996 - 2008 and writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts in the Writing for Children and Young Adults program from 2011 - 2015.
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Bonnie Christensen was an American illustrator and writer. The illustrator worked for Saint Michael's College and Vermont College of Fine Arts.
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Christensen died of ovarian cancer on January 12, 2015, aged 63.

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1951
Bonnie Christensen was born on 23 January 1951.
2015
Bonnie Christensen died on 12 January 2015.
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As illustrator
• The Princess of Borscht by Leda Schubert. Roaring Brook Press, NY, 2011 • Ida B. Wells by Walter Dean Myers. HarperCollins, NY, 2008 • Magic in the Margins by W. Nikola-Lisa. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2007 • Pompeii, Lost and Found by Mary Pope Osborne. Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 2006 • I, Dred Scott by Sheila P. Moses. Simon & Schuster, NY, 2005 • Moon Over Tennessee by Craig Crist Evan. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1999 • The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Folio Society, London, England, England, 1998 • Breaking into Print by Stephen Krensky. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1996 • Putting the World to Sleep by Shelley Moore Thomas. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1995 • Green Mountain Ghosts, Ghouls, and Unsolved Mysteries by Joe Citro. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1994
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Awards
Christensen received a number of book awards including an American Library Association Schneider Family Book Award (for Django, World's Greatest Jazz Guitarist in 2010), a Kirkus "Best Children's Book of 2006" designation (for her illustrations in Pompeii, Lost and Found in 2006), an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award (for The Daring Nellie Bly in 2004), and a Horn Book-Boston Globe Honor Award, a Parent's Choice Gold Award, a designation of "Best Book Of the Year" by Publishers Weekly, a "Notable Books" designation by the New York Times Book Review, and a New York Book Show Award (for Woody Guthrie, Poet of the People in 2001).
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- 2.Bonnie Christensen - Resume. bonnietchristensen.com.
- 3.Bonnie Christensen - Resume. bonnietchristensen.com.
- 4.About. Bonnie Christensen.
- 5.Sunshine, Moonshine (2024). Bonnie Christensen.
- 6.GoodReads website, Bonnie Christensen
- 7.Schneider Family Book Award. Ala.org.
- 8.Mary Pope Osborne. Pompeii. Kirkus Reviews.
- 9.The Oppenheim Toy Portfolio. Toyportfolio.com.
- 10.Archive.hbook.com. Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards.
- 11.Woody Guthrie: Poet of the People. Parents' Choice Foundation.
- 12.Klass, Perri. Children's Books - This Land Was His Land. The New York Times. November 18, 2001.
- 13.Obituaries: Bonnie Christensen. The Wilson Times.
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