Brian Katcher

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Brian Katcher
Born1975 (age 48–49)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
GenreYoung adult fiction
Notable worksAlmost Perfect (2009)
Children1
Website
briankatcher.com/site/

Brian Katcher (born 1975) is an American author of young adult fiction. His novel Almost Perfect won the 2011 Stonewall Book Award.

Biography

Brian Katcher was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1975. He attended the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, then traveled and worked a variety of jobs before beginning his career as a writer. As of 2021, Katcher was living in central Missouri with his wife and daughter.[1]

Awards and honors

The American Library Association included Almost Perfect on their list of Rainbow Project Books (2010),[2] Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults (2012),[3] and Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults (2013).[4]

Awards for Katcher's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2011 Almost Perfect James Cook Book Award Nominee [5][better source needed]
Stonewall Book Award Winner [6][7]
Playing with Matches Missouri Gateway Readers Award Nominee [8][better source needed]
North Carolina Young Adult Book Award Winner [8][better source needed]
2017 The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak Missouri Gateway Readers Award Nominee [9][better source needed]
2020 Deacon Locke Went to Prom South Carolina Book Award for Young Adult Nominee [10][better source needed]

Publications

  • Playing with Matches. Delacorte Books for Young Readers. 2008. ISBN 9780385735445.[11]
  • Almost Perfect. Delacorte Books for Young Readers. 2009. ISBN 9780385736657.[12]
  • Everyone Dies in the End. Dark Continents Publishing. 2014. ISBN 9780615710174.
  • The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak. Katherine Tegen Books. 2015. ISBN 9780062272775.[13]
  • Deacon Locke Went to Prom. Katherine Tegen Books. 2017. ISBN 9780062422521.[14]

References

  1. ^ "About Brian". Brian Katcher. Archived from the original on March 25, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  2. ^ "2010 rainbow project booklist | Awards & Grants". American Library Association. January 11, 2011. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "Almost Perfect | Awards & Grants". American Library Association. May 2, 2012. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  4. ^ "Almost Perfect | Awards & Grants". American Library Association. February 1, 2013. Archived from the original on June 19, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  5. ^ "Almost Perfect". Goodreads. Archived from the original on December 18, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  6. ^ "Almost Perfect | Awards & Grants". American Library Association. January 10, 2011. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  7. ^ Morales, Macey (January 10, 2011). "'Almost Perfect' wins 2011 Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature Award". American Library Association. Archived from the original on May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Playing with Matches". Goodreads. Archived from the original on December 18, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  9. ^ "The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak". Goodreads. Archived from the original on December 18, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  10. ^ "Deacon Locke Went to Prom". Goodreads. Archived from the original on May 28, 2017. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  11. ^ "Playing with Matches". Booklist. August 2008. Archived from the original on December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  12. ^ "Almost Perfect". Booklist. December 8, 2009. Archived from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  13. ^ "The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak". Booklist. April 1, 2015. Archived from the original on December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  14. ^ "Deacon Locke Went to Prom". Booklist. April 15, 2017. Archived from the original on December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.