The Sawfin Stickleback: A Very Fishy Story, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino, Hyperion Books for Children ( New York, NY), 1994.
My Head Is Full of Colors, illustrated by Kiki, Hyperion Books for Children ( New York, NY), 1994. McKnight artist fellowship, and Loft Award for Children's Literature, Loft Literary Center, both 2007, both for Barn Boot Blues Golden Crown literary award, and Lambda Literary Award finalist, both 2007, both for Hit by a Farm: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Barn Goldie Award, 2008, for The Spanish Pearl and The Crown of Valencia. Worked variously as a freelance editor, bookstore employee, cheese packer, and assembly-line worker. Former teacher of writing, Institute of Children's Literature. Hobbies and other interests: Playing the piano, painting.
There, she raises sheep, goats, and llamas, and has an energetic border collie named Robin.Born Mapartner's name Melissa. When it comes to her writing, Catherine Friend likes to try new things and seek new challenges - but she always likes to write stories that make her laugh.Ĭatherine Friend lives on a small farm in southeastern Minnesota - which inspired both THE PERFECT NEST and HIT BY A FARM. She is also the author of the acclaimed adult memoir, HIT BY A FARM: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BARN. Since then, the author has written six children's books, including THE PERFECT NEST, a hilarious read-aloud illustrated by John Manders and two books in Candlewick’s Brand New Readers series. She studied Economics, but because of her love for books and stories, she eventually found herself drawn to writing. She was slightly shy as a child, but enjoyed playing Beauty Parlor with her sister, taking family trips, and watching STAR TREK and TIME TUNNEL. She read so much her parents had to set a "no-reading-at-the dinner-table" rule. Catherine Friend had what she calls a "boring" childhood, but she says that boring was just fine - because it gave her more time to read.
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