Michael Bedard

Michael Bedard (born June 26, 1949)

Works

Woodsedge and Other Tales: A Gathering of Tales (Toronto: Gardenshore Press, 1979), stories Pipe and Pearls (Gardenshore, 1980), stories A Darker Magic (Atheneum, 1987)

Redwork

Bedard's second novel, Redwork (1990), won the Governor General's Literary Award, the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award and the IODE Violet Downey Book Award. According to Margaret A. Chang, the novel "falls short of the high standard set by Margaret Mahy's Memory, the consummate tale of interaction between young and old". Another reviewer said that Bedard was "working on a new level" and that "everything is described in detail and every point is made through dialogue".

The Painted Devil

The Painted Devil is a sequel to A Darker Magic, set in the same town of Caledon 28 years later. The story features Emily and her niece Alice.

Awards and honors Redwork Governor General's Literary Award, Canada, 1990 Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award for Children, 1991 IODE Violet Downey Book Award, 1991 The Nightingale IODE Children's Book Award, 1991 (Bedard and Regolo Ricci) The Green Man IODE Violet Downey Book Award, 2013