| 词条 | Claire Mackay |
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|home_town=Toronto, Ontario, Canada |birth_name=Claire Lorraine Bacchus |birth_place= |birth_date=December 21, 1930 |death_place= |death_date={{death date and age|2013|8|11|1930|12|21}} |occupation=author }}Claire Mackay (December 21, 1930 - August 11, 2013) was a Canadian writer of eleven books for children and young-adult fiction and non-fiction.[1] Early life and educationMackay was born Claire Lorraine Bacchus. She was raised in Toronto, Ontario. Mackay received a scholarship to the University of Toronto, where she earned an honors BA in Political Science. CareerMackay began her writing career by writing newsletter, newspaper and magazine articles. She was motivated to write her first children's book when she found that there was a lack of books about mini-bikes for her son to read. She wrote Mini-Bike Hero in 1979, which was published by Scholastic Canada.[2] The book sold more than 450,00 copies. Mackay wrote two more related books, Mini-Bike Race and Mini-Bike Rescue. Mackay was one of the eleven co-founders of the Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP).[3] Mackay's work has been published by Annick Press, Kids Can Press, James Lorimer, Scholastic Canada, and Tundra Books. PersonalWhile at the University of Toronto, Claire met Jackson Mackay, an engineering student and later a chemical engineer for Imperial Oil. They married in 1952 and had three sons. The family moved several times to accommodate Jack's work, living in Vancouver, Regina, and Sarnia, before finally settling in Toronto, Ontario. Claire Mackay died on August 11, 2013 at the age of 82 from cancer. AwardsIn 1982 Mackay and co-author Marsha Hewitt received the Ruth Schwartz Award for their Young Adult novel One Proud Summer (Women's Press).[4] In 1983 she received the Vicki Metcalf Award,[5] presented for an outstanding body of work in children's literature, and in 1988 for Marvin and Me and the Flies.[6] Bibliography
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References1. ^{{cite web|last1=Kirchhoff|first1=Jack |title=Obituary |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/childrens-author-claire-mackay-was-a-wordsmith-with-wit/article14769378/ |publisher=The Globe and Mail|accessdate=October 9, 2013}} 2. ^"Children’s author, CANSCAIP co-founder Claire Mackay dies". Quill & Quire] 3. ^"Breaking into the world of children's literature". Inside Toronto Mar 10, 2008 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bookcentre.ca/awards/recipients/1982_ruth_and_sylvia_schwartz_children%E2%80%99s_book_award_recipient_marsha_hewitt_and_cl |website=www.bookcentre.ca |title=1982 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award Recipient: Marsha Hewitt and Claire Mackay |publisher=The Canadian Children's Book Centre |accessdate=3 September 2015 }} 5. ^"Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature list of recipients." Vicki Metcalf Award 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bookcentre.ca/awards/recipients/1988_vicky_metcalf_short_story_award_recipient_claire_mackay |website=www.bookcentre.ca |title=1988 Vicky Metcalf Short Story Award Recipient: Claire Mackay |publisher=The Canadian Children's Book Centre |accessdate=3 September 2015 }} 7. ^"Raw vs Clever by Lynn (J.R.) Wytenbroek.". Canadian Literature #138-139 (Autumn/Winter 1993) 172 – 174. Book Review. 8. ^[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1957&dat=19960505&id=bT5GAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QukMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4213,1330627&hl=en "Woman's book brings baseball home to everyone". The Daily Gazette - May 5, 1996. via Google News.] 9. ^"Children's Books". Books in Canada, by Jeffrey Canton 10. ^"Bats about Baseball: 9". Publishers Weekly. 11. ^[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jean-little/bats-about-baseball/ "BATS ABOUT BASEBALL"]. Kirkus Review. External links
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