Budge Wilson





Budge Wilson

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Canada

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Budge was educated in Halifax schools and at Dalhousie University (degree in Philosophy and Psychology, Diploma in Education, Physical Education teaching certificate). She did two years of graduate work in English at the University of Toronto, and worked at the Institute of Child Study (U. of T.) for four years--filing, illustrating, editing, writing. She illustrated three books for the University of Toronto Press, worked for several years as a freelance commercial artist and child photographer, and was a fitness instructor from 1968 to 1989. She has been writing juvenile and adult fiction since 1978, with her first book published in 1984. Her work has been published in ten countries and in seven languages.

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Average rating: 3.73 · 1,700 ratings · 525 reviews · 35 distinct works
Before Green Gables
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 1,582 ratings — published 2008 — 14 editions
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The Leaving and Other Stories
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings6 editions
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Fractures
3.29 of 5 stars 3.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2002
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Thirteen Never Changes
3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings2 editions
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Friendships
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2006
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The Worst Christmas Present...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1990
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Mothers and Other Strangers...
3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1996
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The Christmas that Almost W...
3.2 of 5 stars 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2002
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Cordelia Clark
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings2 editions
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Homecoming (Our Canadian Gi...
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006
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“My name is Anne; spelled with an e at the end." said Anne to Mrs. Thomas.”
Budge Wilson

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