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Battle of the Books

This spring, Battle of the Books will take place from March 30, 2020 to May 13, 2020. Please see Important Dates for more information.

Author List - Senior

• Cotter, Charis
• Tucker, Laura
• Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker
• Buyea, Rob
• Anderson, Rebecca J.
• Alexander, Kwame
• Brown, Peter
• Selznick, Brian
• Vail, Rachel
• Gantos, Jack
• Oppel, Kenneth
• Sloan, Holly Goldberg
• Lasky, Kathryn
• Clements, Andrew
• Horvath, Polly
• Sylvester, Kevin
• Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk
• Mlynowski, Sarah
• Palacio, R.J.
• Patterson, James
• Bass, Karen
• Pastis, Stephan
• Reynolds, Jason
• Alcott, Louisa May
• Nielsen, Jennifer A.
• Walters, Eric
• Chainani, Soman
• Brallier, Max
• MacKnight, Wendy McLeod
• Peirce, Lincoln
• King, Wesley
• George, Kallie
• Ellis, Deborah
• Maihack, Mike
• Stratton, Allan
• Fountain, Ele
• Ostertag, Molly Knox
• Slade, Arthur
• Holm, Jennifer & Matthew
• Auxier, Jonathan
• Black, Holly
• Selfors, Suzanne
• McAnulty, Stacy
• Colfer, Chris
• Cowell, Cressida
• Hunt, Lynda Mullaly
• Telgemeier, Raina
• Dahl, Roald
• D’Lacey, Chris
• Pignat, Caroline
• Haddix, Margaret Peterson
• Hatke, Ben
• Messenger, Shannon
• Siegel, Mark
• Russell, Rachel Renee
• Gratz, Alan
• Korman, Gordon
• VanSickle, Vikki
• Gidwitz, Adam
• Dowding, Philippa
• Hood, Susan
• Kinney, Jeff
• Kadarusman, Michelle
• Grabenstein, Chris
• Lai, Thanhha
• Rowling, J.K.
• Hunter, Erin
• Libenson, Terri
• Applegate, Katherine
• Smith, Jeff
• Baum, L Frank
• Townsend, Jessica
• Lloyd, Natalie
• Krosoczka, Jarrett
• Ryan, Pam Munoz
• Clare, Cassandra
• De Los Santos, Marisa
• Winick, Judd
• Pilkey, Dav
• Kibuishi, Kazu
• Gaiman, Neil
• Keating, Jess
• Armstrong, Kelley
• Nobel, Julia
• Zee, Ginger
• Gibbs, Stuart
• Byrne, Gabrielle K.
• Narsimhan, Mahtab
• Arden, Katherine
• Hale, Shannon
• Sutherland, Tui
• Anderson, John David
• Larson, Hope
• Magras, Diane
• Chmakova, Svetlana
• Snyder, Laurel
• Curtis, Christopher Paul
• Pichon, Liz
• Rivers, Karen
• DiCamillo, Kate
• Mattick, Lindsay
• Sands, Kevin
• Connor, Leslie
• Hannigan, Kate
• Riordan, Rick
• Lyall, Casey
• Nielsen, Susin
• Dashner, James
• Steinke, Aron
• Parisi, Mark
• McMann, Lisa
• Hicks, Faith Erin
• Barclay, Linwood
• Chokshi, Roshani
• Griffiths, Andy
• Craft, Jerry

  

Classic Author List
Books in this category will have been published 10+ years ago.

• DuPrau, Jeanne
• Alcott, Louisa May
• Paulsen, Gary
• Burnett, Frances Hodgson
• Fitzhugh, Louise
• Wilder, Laura Ingalls
• Lowry, Lois
• Barrie, J.M.
• Sachar, Louis
• Baum, L. Frank
• Lewis, C.S.
• Hinton, S.E.
• Keene, Carolyn
• Pearson, Kit
• Cleary, Beverly
• Dixon, Franklin W.
• Mowat, Farley
• Levine, Gail Carson
• Korman, Gordon
• White, E.B.
• Dahl, Roald
• Blume, Judy
• Paterson, Katherine
• Selden, George
• Montgomery, Lucy Maud
• Rowling, J.K.
• DiCamillo, Kate
• George, Jean Craighead
• L’Engle, Madeleine
• Cormier, Robert
• Carroll, Lewis

  

PLEASE NOTE:

Questions will also be asked about award winning titles that were published between 2010-2019 (see below for list of awards that will be included), fairy & folktales, current award nominees from the Forest of Reading awards and characters from classic and popular books.

• The John Newberry Medal (includes both winners & honours titles)
• The Randolph Caledecott Medal(includes both winners & honours titles)
• The (Theodor Seuss) Giesel Award
• The Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards (only winners, NOT finalists)
• The Scott O’Dell Awards
• TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award
• Will Eisner Awards Best Publication for Kids 9-12 (Graphic Novel)
• Forest of Reading Awards (only past winners can be used; current nominees can be asked in other categories such as “Canadian”)

 Includes: Blue Spruce, Silver Birch & Silver Birch Express (including non-fiction titles)
 Does NOT include: White Pine, Le Prix Peuplier, Le Prix Tamarac or Le Prix Tamarac Express