Caroline Adderson

Caroline Adderson (born September 9, 1963) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. She has published four novels, two short story collections and two books for young readers.

Biography Adderson was born on September 9, 1963, in Edmonton, Alberta, to James Neil and Bernice Adderson.

Adderson presently lives in Vancouver with her husband, Bruce Sweeney.

Awards and honours In 2006, Adderson received the Marian Engel Award,

In 2010, Quill & Quire and The Globe and Mail named The Sky is Falling one of the best books of the year. 1994 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize Winner 2011

Commonwealth Writers Prize Nominee

Sunday Times Short Story Award Longlist

CLA Book of the Year for Children Award Shortlist Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize Winner

Ellen in Pieces Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize Shortlist Norman, Speak! Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize Finalist 2016 Vancouver Vanishes Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award Finalist 2022 Sunny Days Inside and Other Stories Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award for Young Adult/Middle Grade Finalist 2024 A Way to Be Happy Giller Prize Longlist Publications

As editor

Vancouver Vanishes: Narratives of Demolition and Revival (2016) Best Canadian Stories 2019 (2019)

Short story collections Bad Imaginings (1993, ) Pleased to Meet You: Stories (2006, ) Sunny Days Inside (2021) A Way to Be Happy (2024)

Novels A History of Forgetting (1999) Sitting Practice (2003, ) The Sky Is Falling (2010, Thomas Allen Publishers) Ellen in Pieces (2014, ) A Russian Sister (2020)

Novella Mr. Justice (2005, )

Children's fiction Very Serious Children (2007) Middle of Nowhere (2012) Norman, Speak!, illustrated by Qin Leng (2014) A Simple Case of Angels (2014) Eat, Leo! Eat!, illustrated by Josée Bisaillon (2015) I Love You, One to Ten, illustrated by Christina Leist (2015) The Mostly True Story of Pudding Tat, Adventuring Cat, illustrated by Stacy Innerst (2019) It Happened on Sweet Street, illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch (2020) Babble!: And How Punctuation Saved It, illustrated by Roman Muradov (2022)

Bruno series

I, Bruno, illustrated by Helen Flook (2007) Bruno for Real, illustrated by Helen Flook (2008)

Izzy series The Izzy books are illustrated by Kelly Collier.

Izzy in the Doghouse Izzy's Tail of Trouble (2022) Izzy's Dog Days of Summer (2023)

Jasper John Dooley series

Star of the Week, illustrated by Ben Clanton (2012) Left Behind, illustrated by Ben Clanton (2013) Not in Love, illustrated by Ben Clanton (2014) You're in Trouble, illustrated by Ben Clanton (2015) Lost and Found, illustrated by Mike Shiell (2015) Public Library Enemy #1, illustrated by Mike Shiell (2016)

Pierre & Paul series The Pierre & Paul books are illustrated by Alice Carter.

Avalanche! (2020) Dragon! (2021)