Patricia Curtis Pfitsch
Selected Bibliography
Books For Children and Young Adults
Riding the Flume Simon and Schuster 2002
Junior Library Guild Selection
Nominated for a 2003 Edgar award from Mystery Writers of America
Council for Wisconsin Writer's 2003 Juvenile Fiction Award
Nominee for Mark Twain Award 2004-2005
Nominee for Volunteer State book award 2004-2005
Virginia Young Readers List 2004-2005
Keeper of the Light Simon and Schuster 1997
-An American Bookseller "Pick of the List"
-Selected for the 1998 Books for the Teen Age by the New York Public Library
-First place juvenile literary award from the Friends of American Writers, Chicago, IL
-Nominated for American Library Association's "Best Books for Young Adults"
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The Deeper Song Simon and Schuster 1998
-Winner of the Arthur Tofte Juvenile Fiction Book Award, from the Council for Wisconsin Writers
-Selected for the 1999 Books for the Teen Age by the New York Public Library
Westward to Oregon. Illustrated by John English. Rigby, 2000
The Mystery of the Clever Cat. Illustrated by Vicki Learner. Rigby, 2004
The Birthday Surprise. Illustrated by Cynthia Fisher. Rigby, 2004
Who Did It? Illustrated by Stacey Schuett. Rigby 2004
Where is Kitty? Illustrated by Burgandy Beam. Rigby, 2008
Magazines For Children
Highlights For Children
"The Watchdog" March 2002
"Painting with Glass--Louis Comfort Tiffany" Dec. 2001
"Maxfield Parrish" Sept. 1997
"Inside Looking Out" May 1996 (Winner of Outstanding Author Award)
"Picture Perfect Dogs: a Profile of William Wegman" July, 1995
"Piano Man" Nov. 1993
"Soldier of Peace" Nov. 1989 (Winner of Outstanding Author Award)
Cricket
"The Moment of Truth" April, 2022
"Messages from the Past” May 1996
Jack And Jill
“Be a Lost and Found Detective” March/April 2008
Other Works
Children's Writer
Bi-monthly contributor 1993-2014
Crawford County Independent and Boscobel Dial weekly newspapers
Feature Writer 1988-1998
Awards
2003 Edgar Allen Poe Award Nominee for Riding The Flume
2003 Council of Wisconsin Writer Juv. Fiction Book Award for Riding the Flume
1999 Council of Wisconsin Writers Arthur Tofte Juv. Fiction Book Award for The Deeper Song
1998 Friends of American Writers 1st place Juv. Fiction award for Keeper of the Light
1996 Highlights' Outstanding Author Award for "Inside Looking Out"
1994 Highlights' Fiction Contest Winner for "Stormy Waters"
1989 Writer's Digest fiction competition, honorable mention
1989 Highlights' Outstanding Author Award for "Soldier of Peace"
1888 Writer's Digest fiction competition, fourth place
Education
MA English, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 1977
BA English, Knox College, Galesburg, IL 1970
Related Work Experience
1992 to 2014: Instructor, Institute of Children's Literature
1997-present: Various speaking events at schools and libraries in the Midwest
1998-Speaker: Northeast Iowa Reading Council Banquet
1998,1999, 2000-Faculty, School of the Arts, Rhinelander, WI
1999, 2000-Mississippi Valley Gifted/Talented Creative Writing Festival Author/Critic
1999, 2001, 2002 -Speaker: Wisconsin Educational Media Specialists Spring Convention
2000- Speaker: Southwest Wisconsin Association of Libraries Fall Conference
2002-Faculty, Arkansas SCBWI Spring Conference
2005-Keynote Speaker: Northwest Book Festival, Spooner, WI
2005-Speaker: Chippewa Valley Book Festival, Eau Claire, WI
Professional Affiliations
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators-member
Council for Wisconsin Writers-member