Polly Horvath

POLLY HORVATH is the author of many books for young people, including The Night Garden, Everything on a Waffle , The Pepins and Their Problems , The Canning Season and The Trolls . Her numerous awards include the Newbery Honor, the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor and the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature. She has also been shortlisted for The Deutscher Jugenliteraturpreis, Germany's most prestigious literature award. Horvath grew...See more

POLLY HORVATH is the author of many books for young people, including The Night Garden, Everything on a Waffle , The Pepins and Their Problems , The Canning Season and The Trolls . Her numerous awards include the Newbery Honor, the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor and the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature. She has also been shortlisted for The Deutscher Jugenliteraturpreis, Germany's most prestigious literature award. Horvath grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She attended the Canadian College of Dance in Toronto and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in New York City. She lives in Metchosin, British Columbia. pollyhorvath.com See less