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Eric Walters is a Canadian author of children's literature.He was born on March 3,1957. He has done extensive work for the poor people of Kenya with his son. Eric Walters focuses primarily on writing from young adult's perspectives of Canadian historical events. He has written over 60 books, and has won dozens of awards. Eric Walters has often spoken at Canadian literary events with all proceeds going towards charitable events. Eric Walters now resides in Mississauga with his wife, Anita, and children, Christina, Nicholas, Julianis and Morgan.

Awards

Eric's novels have won several awards Silver Birch Award, Ontario Library Association, 1997, Blue Heron Book Award, Blue Heron Books, 1997, and Children's Choice Award, Canadian Children's Book Centre (CBC), all for STARS; Silver Birch Award, CBC Choice Award, and Ruth Schwartz Award nomination, all 1997, all for Trapped in Ice; Ruth Schwartz Award, CBC Choice Award, New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age designation, and Canadian Library Book of the Year Honor selection, all 1998, all for War of the Eagles; CBC Choice Award, and Red Cedar Award nomination, both 1998, both for Diamonds in the Rough; Canadian Library Association (CLA) Honour Book designation, 1998, for The Hydrofoil Mystery; CLA Book of the Year shortlist, 2000, and UNESCO Honor Selection designation, 2003, both for Caged Eagles; Red Maple Award, and Snow Willow Award, both 2002, both for Rebound; CBC Choice Award, and Red Maple Award finalist, both 2002, both for The Bully Boys; Silver Birch Award, 2003, and Arthur Ellis Award shortlist, both 2003, both for Camp X; Torgi Award, 2003, for Run.

Read more: Eric (Robert) Walters (1957-) Biography - Personal, Addresses, Career, Member, Honors Awards, Writings, Work in Progress, Sidelights http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1046/Walters-Eric-Robert-1957.html#ixzz0d0twuVS3 he has also won three gold medals in the olympics 2010

Works

• The Money arm - Pit Mystery (Harpercollins)
• Caged Eagles (Orca)
• The Bully Boys (Penguin)
• Full Court Press (Orca)
• Shattered
• Diamonds in the Rough (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
• Camp X (Penguin)
• Visions (Harpercollins)
• Three on Three (Orca)
• Stranded (Harpercollins)
• Trapped in Ice (Penguin)
• STARS (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
• War of the Eagles (Orca)
• Stand your Ground (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
• The Hydrofoil Mystery (starring Alexander Graham Bell)
• Black and White (Penguin)
• Run (Penguin)
• Voyageur (Penguin)
• Camp 30 (Penguin)
• Camp X: Fool's Gold (Penguin)
• The Falls (Penguin)
• Safe as Houses
• Alexandria Of Africa
• Sketches (Penguin)
• Royal Ransom (Penguin)
• I've got an idea (Harpercollins)
• Wounded(Penguin, 2009)
• We All Fall Down
• United We Stand
• Black And White (Penguin, 2009)
• United We Stand (Doubleday, 2009)
• Camp X, Shell Shocked (Penguin, 2009)
• Rebound (Harpercollins)
• Elixir (Penguin)

• Camp X Fifth Book, Trouble In Paradise, Scheduled Release In Spring 2010, Penguin
• Project Home T.E.A.M, Scheduled Release In Summer 2010

Non-fiction

• Improve Your Child's Spelling 1 (1991) (with Norm Rippon)
• Improve Your Child's Spelling 2 (1993) (with Norm Rippon)
• Shattered: Queer With a foreword by Lieutenant General Romeo Dallaire
• Elixir (2005)

"Run" (based on true facts, with a foreword by the Fox family)

External links

• Eric Walters' Website
• Interview with Eric Walters
• Trailer created by a fan of Money Pit Mystery
• Trailer created by a fan of Safe as Houses