Christine Dzidrums
Christine Dzidrums is an American children's author. She won a bronze medal at the 2010 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards for her debut novel, Cutters Don't Cry.[1] She has written gymnast biographies on Clayton Kershaw, Mike Trout, Gabby Douglas, Shawn Johnson, The Fierce Five, Missy Franklin, Kelly Clarkson and Nastia Liukin. Her second young adult novel, Kaylee: The "What If?" Game, won a gold medal at the 2014 Children's Literary Classics Awards. Her biography on Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yuna brought her media attention in South Korea.[2][3]
Bibliography
[edit]- Cutters Don't Cry, 2010
- Joannie Rochette: Canadian Ice Princess (SkateStars Volume 1), 2010
- Yuna Kim: Ice Queen, (SkateStars Volume 2), 2011
- Princess Dessabelle Makes a Friend, 2011
- Timmy and the Baseball Birthday Party, 2012
- Shawn Johnson: Gymnastics Golden Girl (GymnStars Volume 1), 2012
- Timmy Adopts a Girl Dog, 2012
- Fair Youth: Emylee of Forest Springs, 2012
- Nastia Liukin: Ballerina of Gymnastics (GymnStars Volume 2), 2012
- Princess Dessabelle: Tennis Star, 2012
- The Fab Five: Jordyn Wieber, Gabby Douglas, and the U.S. Women's Gymnastics Team (GymnStars Volume 3), 2012
- Gabby Douglas: Golden Smile, Golden Triumph (GymnStars Volume 4), 2012
- Future Presidents Club: Girls Rule!, 2013
- Idina Menzel: Broadway Superstar, 2013
- Sutton Foster: Broadway Sweetheart, 2013
- Clayton Kershaw: Pitching Ace, 2013
- Mike Trout: Baseball Sensation, 2013
- Matt Kemp: True Blue Baseball Star
- 66: The Yasiel Puig Story
- Jennie Finch: Softball Superstar (Y Not Girl Volume 1), 2013
- Kelly Clarkson: Behind Her Hazel Eyes (Y Not Girl Volume 2), 2013
- Missy Franklin: Swimming Sensation (Y Not Girl Volume 3), 2013
- Future Presidents Club: Girls Rock, 2014
- Kaylee: The "What If?" Game, 2014
- Mary Lou Retton: America's Sweetheart, 2014
Awards
[edit]- 2010 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards for Cutters Don't Cry[4]
- 2012 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards for Gabby Douglas: Golden Smile, Golden Triumph[5]
- 2014 Children's Literary Classics Award - Gold Medal for Kaylee: The "What If?" Game[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Bright Bridge Studios, Inc. (2010-11-13). "Independent Publisher Online Magazine: Promoting Books, Authors and the Independent Movement". Independentpublisher.com. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
- ^ Sung-eun Jang (2011-03-30). "Author Discusses Her Book on Yuna Kim". Korea Real Time - WSJ. Archived from the original on 2011-04-12. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
- ^ 4yunaonly. "Yuna Kim's Biography by Christine Dzidrums ★20110406". YouTube. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "2010 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards Medalist Results". IndependentPublisher.com. 19 October 2010.
- ^ "2012 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards Medalist Results". IndependentPublisher.com. 16 October 2012.
- ^ "2014 Children's Literary Classics Medalist Results".
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