{"id":18330,"date":"2024-09-25T17:56:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T17:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/?page_id=18330"},"modified":"2024-11-11T18:38:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T18:38:09","slug":"2024-literary-arts-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/2024-literary-arts-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Valerie Sherrard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-x-large-font-size\" style=\"letter-spacing:5px\">VALERIE SHERRARD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Lieutenant Governor\u2019s Awards for High Achievement in the Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>2024 Literary Arts Award\u2019s Laureate<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/FB-IG_post-Valerie-Sherrard-1024x483.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/FB-IG_post-Valerie-Sherrard-1024x483.png 1024w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/FB-IG_post-Valerie-Sherrard-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/FB-IG_post-Valerie-Sherrard-768x362.png 768w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/FB-IG_post-Valerie-Sherrard-1536x724.png 1536w, https:\/\/artsnb.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/FB-IG_post-Valerie-Sherrard-2048x966.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>Valerie (Russell) Sherrard<\/strong> is a celebrated author of children&#8217;s and young adults\u2019 literature. She was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Her father was in the Air Force, and his postings took the family to various parts of Canada and to Germany. It was in Germany that her teacher, Alf Lower, encouraged her to consider becoming a writer in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valerie has made her home in New Brunswick since 1980. In 1985, a personal loss inspired her to foster children in need of homes. Over the years she fostered approximately 70 adolescents for various lengths of time. Valerie also worked as the director of a group home for teens for more than a decade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>In light of those experiences, it was natural that, when she began to write in earnest, she chose to write for children and young adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valerie\u2019s work has been recognized on national and international levels and has been translated into several languages. She has won or been shortlisted for more than fifty awards, including the Governor General\u2019s Literary Awards, the TD Children\u2019s Literature Award, the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Young People, the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction, the Ann Connor Brimer Award, and many others. 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