Gayle Friesen

Gayle Friesen (born September 18, 1960) is a Canadian author of young adult novels. She was raised in Chilliwack, British Columbia. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia.^[1] She is married with two children.^[2]

Gayle Friesen
Born	(1960-09-18) September 18, 1960 (age 64)
Occupation	Author
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	University of British Columbia
Genre	Young adult fiction

Friesen's first novel Janey's Girl (1998) was critically acclaimed, winning the Canadian Library Association's Young Adult Book Award and the Red Maple Reading Award. It was also nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award. She has written four other novels for young adults.^[2]

Awards and honours

Two of Friesen's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Janey’s Girl (1999)^[3] and The Isabel Factor (2006).^[4]

Awards for Friesen's writing

Year	Title	Award	Result	Ref.
1998	Janey's Girl	Governor General's Award for English-Language Children's Literature	Finalist
1999		Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award	Winner	[5][6]
		Forest of Reading Red Maple Award for Fiction	Winner	[7][8][9]
		National Chapter of Canada IODE Violet Downey Book Award	Winner	[10]
2001		Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award	Nominee	[11]
		Red Cedar Book Award	Winner	[12]
	Men of Stone	Forest of Reading Red Maple Award for Fiction	Finalist	[8][9]
		Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize	Finalist
2002		Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award	Nominee	[13]
2003	Losing Forever	Forest of Reading Red Maple Award for Fiction	Winner	[8][9]
		Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize	Finalist
2004		Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award	Nominee	[14]
2007	The Isabel Factor	Forest of Reading Red Maple Award for Fiction	Finalist	[8][9]
2008	For Now	Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize	Finalist

Publications

• Janey's Girl (1998)
• Men of Stone (2000)
• Losing Forever (2002)
• The Isabel Factor (2005)
• For Now (2007)
• The Valley (2008)