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Victoria Jamieson
Jamieson reads for the National Book Foundation in 2020
Jamieson reads for the National Book Foundation in 2020
Occupationauthor and illustrator
NationalityAmerican
Genrechildren's books, graphic novels
Notable works
Website
victoriajamieson.com

Victoria Jamieson is an American author and illustrator of children's books, known for her graphic novels.

Her most decorated book is When Stars Aren’t Scattered co-authored with Omar Mohamed and published in 2019. It is a semi-autobiographical account of Mohamed's time with his brother as Somali refugees at a camp in Kenya. It was shortlisted for the 2020 National Book Award for Young People's Literature[1] and was a 2022 Bank Street Children's Book Committee's Best Book of the Year with an "outstanding merit" distinction and winner of the Committee's Josette Frank Award for fiction.[2]

Other notable books include Roller Girl (2015), a graphic novel about middle school and roller derby,[3] which was a 2016 Newbery Honor winner[4] and named a 2016 Bank Street Children's Book Committee's Best Book of the Year. Another middle school graphic novel, All's Faire in Middle School (2017), was named to the 2018 Bank Street Children's Best Books of the Year List with an “Outstanding Merit.”[5]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "National Book Awards 2020 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 2020-10-07. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  2. ^ Hare, Peter. "Past Winners". Bank Street College of Education. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  3. ^ Donaldson, Sarah (June 27, 2017). "Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson review – thrills and spills for girls". The Guardian. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  4. ^ SZALUSKY (2016-01-11). "American Library Association announces 2016 youth media award winners". News and Press Center. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  5. ^ "Best Children's Books of the Year Archive". Bank Street College of Education. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  6. ^ Gratz, Alan (3 April 2020). "A Civil War, Then the Long Limbo of Life as a Refugee". The New York Times. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  7. ^ "When Stars Are Scattered". Publishers Weekly. February 26, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2020.

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