Alice Kuipers | |
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![]() Kuipers in 2013 | |
Born | London, United Kingdom | 29 June 1979
Occupation | Novelist |
Citizenship | United Kingdom, Canada |
Alma mater | University of Manchester |
Period | 2007–present |
Genres | Young adult, children's |
Notable works | Life on the Refrigerator Door, 40 Things I Want To Tell You, The Worst Thing She Ever Did (Lost For Words in the U.S.), The Death of Us, Me (and) Me |
Partner | Yann Martel (2002–present) |
Children | 4 |
Website | |
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Alice Kuipers (born 29 June 1979) is a British author living in Saskatchewan, Canada who is best known for her young adult novels. Life on the Refrigerator Door won the Grand Prix de Viarmes, the Livrentête Prize, the Redbridge Teenage Book Award in 2008 and the Saskatchewan First Book Award in 2007, was narrated as an audio book by Amanda Seyfried and Dana Delany, and has been adapted for theater in England, France and Japan. 40 Things I Want To Tell You won a Saskatchewan Book Award for Young Adult Literature in 2013. The Worst Thing She Ever Did (Lost For Words in the U.S.) won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile/YA Crime Book in 2011.