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SA Bodeen (or Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen) is an American children's and young adult book author.

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Stuve-Bodeen, Stephanie 1965-

Personal

Born 1965, in WI; married Tim Bodeen; children: Bailey, Tanzie. Education: University of Wisconsin, River Falls, B.S. (secondary education); Spalding University, M.F.A. (writing).

Addresses

Home— 631 East Stonecreek Drive, La Center, WA 98629. E-mail—[email protected].

Career

Teacher and children's book author. Peace Corps volunteer, Tanzania, East Africa; has taught junior and senior high school.

Awards, Honors

Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award, Minnesota Book Award, Charlotte Zolotow Award Highly Commended designation, Bank Street College Children's Book of the Year, and American Library Association Notable Book designation, all 1999, all for Elizabeti's Doll; Patterson Prize, Society of School Librarians International Honor Book designation, Bank Street College Outstanding Merit designation, and Parent's Choice Fiction Award, all 2001, all for Mama Elizabeti; Bank Street College Best Books of the Year designation, and named an Outstanding Achievement in Children's Literature, 2002, and Wisconsin State L

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S.A. Bodeen grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. She graduated from UW-River Falls with a degree in Secondary Ed., then joined the Peace Corps with her husband and went to Tanzania, East Africa. Her first picture book, Elizabeti’s Doll (written as Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen) was published in 1998, followed by six other picture books.Her first YA novel written as S.A. Bodeen, the award-winning The Compound, came out from Feiwel and Friends in 2008. The novel count is up to five, with two more releasing in 2015. She has lived in eight states, two African countries, and an insular possession. Currently, she lives in the Midwest with her husband and two daughters.

http://www.writersabodeen.com/

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S.A. Bodeen

Goodreads Author

Born

in The United States

Website

http://www.writersabodeen.com

Twitter

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Genre

Young Adult, Children's

Member Since

January 2015

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Also writes as Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen.

Stephanie is the award-winning author of the Elizabeti's Doll series of picture books, as well as several others. Her young adult novels include the award-winning The Compound and The Raft, and her next YA The Detour releases October 2015. The first two volumes of her middle grade series, Shipwreck Island and Lost, are available now.Also writes as Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen.

Stephanie is the award-winning author of the Elizabeti's Doll series of picture books, as well as several others. Her young adult novels include the award-winning The Compound and The Raft, and her next YA The Detour releases October 2015. The first two volumes of her middle grade series, Shipwreck Island and Lost, are available now....more