Polly Horvath

Polly Horvath, born January 30, 1957, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, is an American-Canadian author renowned for her novels for children and young adults. pollyhorvath.com. She won the U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The Canning Season in 2003 and a Newbery Honor for Everything on a Waffle in 2002, among numerous other accolades including the Vicky Metcalf Award. Now residing on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, her works such as My One Hundred Adventures and One Year in Coal Harbor have earned international recognition and translations into over 25 languages.pollyhorvath.com.