The Stellar Book Award :: Irene N. Watts


Book List An Earthly Knight Janet McNaughton And in the Morning John Wilson Ann and Seamus Kevin Major Cheeseburger Subversive Richard Scarsbrook Digging for Philip Greg Jackson-Davis Flames of the Tiger John Wilson I Remember Korea: Veterans Tell their Stories of the Korean War, 1950-53 Linda Granfield Initiation Virginia F. Schwartz Jake, Reinvented Gordon Korman Made You Look: How Advertising Works and Why You Should Know Shari Graydon Nobody’s Child Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch Tapestry of Hope Lillian Boraks-Nemetz Irene N. Watts The Bone Collector’s Son Paul Yee The Dirt Eaters Dennis Foon The Girl with a Baby Sylvia Olsen The Princess Pawn Maggie L. Wood Theories of Relativity Barbara Haworth-Attard Throwaway Daughter Ting-Xing Ye William Bell Waiting for Sarah James Heneghan Bruce McBay


Irene N. Watts Irene N. Watts was born in Berlin, Germany. At an early age, she was inspired to make up stories when her grandfather gave her a puppet theatre. In 1938, she was part of a mass evacuation of Jewish children out of Germany, known as Kindertransport. Seven-year-old Watts was sent to London, England. She had to leave behind the puppet theatre, but continued to make up stories. Watts was educated in England and Wales, obtaining an Honours degree in Modern History. She then became an elementary school teacher, and had four children. In 1968, Watts and her family moved to Canada. They first settled on Hobbema Reserve near Edmonton, where Watts taught drama. After a while, they moved into Edmonton, and Watts became the artistic director of Wheels and Wings, a group that tours Canada performing plays for students. Watts’ love of the ocean made B.C. her ideal home, and she has lived here for over twenty-five years. She now has eight grandchildren. She writes plays for students of various ages, and helps other playwrights (both students and adults) develop their skills. In 2001, Watts won the Playwrights’ Union of Canada’s Lifetime membership for outstanding contribution to Canadian drama and theatre. Bio by Niki B. Other Books Flower, a novel, Tundra Books, 2005 A Telling Time, illustrated by Kathryn E. Shoemaker. Tradewind Books, 2004 Finding Sophie, Tundra Books, 2002 One For Day/One For Night, Tundra Books, 2002 Remember Me, Tundra Books 2000 Two For The Show: Solo And We'LL Be Fine, Playwrights Canada Press 1999 (In An Anthology Of Scenes For Student Actors.) Goodbye-Marianne, Tundra Books 1998 Beware of the Dog, with Bruce Kellett. PUC, 1997 This Pet's Allowed, One Act Musical With Bruce Kellett. Playwrights Union Of Canada. Goodbye Marianne. Scirocco Drama, 1995 The Fish Princess, Tundra Books, 1996 Making Stories, Pembroke Publishers 1992 (Ideas For Building And Dramatizing Stories.) Just A Minute, Pembroke Publishers 1990 (Ten Plays And Drama Activities For Students.) The Great Detective Party, Pembroke Publishers 1989 (Theme Games For Children.) Once Upon A Time. Playwrights Union Of Canada 1988 The Paper Bag Princess & Other Stories By Robert Munsch. Annick Press. Playwrights Union Of Canada.? (Stage Adaptation.) Tales From Tolstoy, Playwrights Union Of Canada. 1983 Once Upon a Time. Toronto: 1982 More Info http://www.canscaip.org/bios/wattsi.html...