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- Helen Marie Frost (born March 4, 1949) is an American writer and poet. She is best known for the young-adult novel Keesha's House, which was a Michael L. Printz Award honor book in 2004. Frost was born in South Dakota, the fifth child in a family of ten children. She studied elementary education at Syracuse University.
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Short Biography. Helen Frost has always loved poetry, and she especially loves sharing poetry with children through writing and teaching. She taught elementary school in Massachusetts, Vermont, Scotland, and Alaska, and now lives and writes in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She is the author of eleven novels-in-poems and seven picture books.
- Novels in Poems
For Younger Readers: Middle Grade. for Teen Readers:
- Salt
Helen Frost with Adelaide Masenthin Quotes from Reviews...
- Diamond WIllow
Helen and her friend Agnes set off on an adventure with...
- Applesauce Weather
Candlewick, August 9, 2016 ISBN 9780763675769 112 pages,...
- Blue Daisy
Alternating chapters in differing styles… help to convey how...
- All He Knew
From Publishers Weekly. In this poignant free verse novel...
- Keesha's House
“Frost’s skill at using poetic forms is unobtrusive and...
- Books
Nature Books with Photographer Rick Lieder. Atheneum Books....
- Other Works
Pecan Grove Press, 1999, edited by Helen Frost A collection...
- Contact
To write to Helen Frost. I love hearing from readers of all...
- Novels in Poems
Helen Marie Frost (born March 4, 1949) is an American writer and poet. She is best known for the young-adult novel Keesha's House, which was a Michael L. Printz Award honor book in 2004. Frost was born in South Dakota, the fifth child in a family of ten children.
Helen Frost is an award-winning author of books for readers of all ages, from picture books to young adult novels. On her website, you can find out more about her life, her works, and her inspirations. You can also read poems and reviews from her fans, and learn how to create your own campfire stories.
- Personal
- Career
- Awards, Honors
- Writings
- Sidelights
- Biographical and Critical Sources
Born March 4, 1949, in Brookings, SD; married Chad Thompson, 1983; children: Lloyd (stepson), Glen. Education: Syracuse University, B.A.; Indiana University, M.A., 1994. Hobbies and other interests:Hiking, cross-country skiing, raising and releasing monarch butterflies, genealogy.
Educator and author. Kilquhanity House School (boarding school), Scotland, teacher, 1976-78; elementary school teacher/principal in Telida, AK, 1981-84, then Ketchikan, AK; Indiana University/Purdue University at Fort Wayne, instructor. Fort Wayne Dance Collective, member of interdisciplinary artistic team, 1995-2006.
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award, Poetry Society of America, 1992; Mary Carolyn Davies Award, Poetry Society of America, 1993; Women Poets Series Competition winner, Ampersand Press, 1993; Michael Printz Honor Book designation, American Library Association, 2004, for Keesha's House; Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Honor designation, 2007, for The B...
JUVENILE FICTION; NOVELS IN POEMS
Keesha's House (young-adult novel), Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 2003. Spinning through the Universe: A Novel in Poems from Room 214 (middle-grade novel), Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 2004. The Braid(young-adult novel), Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 2006. Diamond Willow(middle-grade novel), Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 2008.
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Monarch and Milkweed,illustrated by Leonid Gore, Atheneum (New York, NY), 2008.
"BIRDS" SERIES; JUVENILE NONFICTION
Bird Eggs,Pebble Books (Mankato, MN), 1999. Bird Nests,Pebble Books (Mankato, MN), 1999. Baby Birds,Pebble Books (Mankato, MN), 1999. Bird Families,Pebble Books (Mankato, MN), 1999.
In addition to her work as a teacher—she has taught students in Scotland, Vermont, and Alaska, as well as Indiana and, as a poet-in-residence, throughout the United States—poet, and playwright, Helen Frost is a prolific author of fiction and nonfiction for young readers. Frost's fictional works include the Michael J. Prinz young-adult honor book ti...
PERIODICALS
Booklist, October 15, 2001, Hazel Rochman, review of German Immigrants, 1820-1920, p. 406; March 1, 2003, Hazel Rochman, review of Keesha's House, p. 1192; April 1, 2004, Hazel Rochman, review of Spinning through the Universe: A Novel in Poems from Room 214, p. 1363; June 1, 2006, Hazel Rochman, review of The Braid,p. 74. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, December, 2006, Deborah Stevenson, review of The Braid,p. 170. Horn Book, November-December, 2006, Joanna Rudge Long, review of...
ONLINE
Helen Frost Home Page,http://www.helenfrost.net(October 17, 2007).
Bio. Helen Frost’s first poetry collection, Skin of a Fish, Bones of a Bird, was published by Ampersand Press in 1993 as the winner of the Women Poets Series Award. The following year, she received the Robert H. Winner Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America. She has received three fellowships from the Indiana Arts Commission.
Jan 16, 2024 · I love to know you're there, even if I don't come here too often to say so. Helen Frost is the author of eleven novels-in-poems and seven picture books for children and young adults. She lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana. http://us.macmillan.com/author/helenf...
About the Author. Helen Frost is the author of several books for young people, including Hidden, Diamond Willow, Crossing Stones, The Braid, and Keesha’s House, selected an Honor Book for the Michael L. Printz Award. Helen Frost was born in 1949 in South Dakota, the fifth of ten children.
