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''This article is about the contemporary Canadian children's author. For the 19th Century English author of books about women, see Sarah Stickney Ellis.'' Sarah Ellis (born 19 May 1952) is a Canadian children's writer and librarian. She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and attended the University of British Columbia where she received her Bachelor of Arts honours in 1973 and a Master of Library Science in 1975. She also attended the Centre for the Study of Children's Literature, Simmons College in Boston in 1980.〔Donohue, Kathleen. "Sarah Ellis". Oxford University Press 2001〕 She has been a librarian in Toronto and Vancouver. She has also written reviews for ''Quill and Quire''.〔Ellis, Sarah. ''Quill and Quire''. January 2009. 〕 She teaches writing at the Vermont College of Fine Arts and is a masthead reviewer for The Hornbook. Ellis has said that she gets her ideas from "Memories, anecdotes people tell me, radio interviews, dreams, newspaper articles, family stories, being curious, observing the world, paying attention."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sarah Ellis: Writer, Reader, Storyteller, Librarian. )〕 Ellis is a strong advocate for children’s literature and she belongs to many different clubs and unions such as the Writers' Union of Canada, the Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable, Children's Writers and Illustrators and many more.〔 She is an out lesbian.〔("Secret garden" ). ''Xtra!'', December 14, 2000.〕 ==Awards== She has won numerous literary awards, including the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence, the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award for ''Odd Man Out'', the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize for ''Odd Man Out'', ''Back of Beyond'' and ''The Baby Project'', the Mr. Christie's Book Award and the IODE Violet Downey Award for ''Out of the Blue'' and ''The Several Lives of Orphan Jack'', and the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature for ''Pick Up Sticks''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sarah Ellis (author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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