Budge Wilson
Budge Marjorie Wilson, is a Canadian writer.Early life
Born in Halifax and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, she is the daughter of Maynard Brown Archibald and of Helen MacGregor Archibald, and sister of the late Joan Archibald Colborne. Budge graduated from Dalhousie University with a B.A. in Philosophy and Psychology. She was married to Alan Wilson.Writing life
She has written 33 books since her first work was published in 1984, including the prequel Before Green Gables, a celebratory centennial release to the Anne of Green Gables series. Her most recent work is After Swissair, a poetry collection chronicling the aftermath of the crash of Swissair Flight 111 off the coast of Nova Scotia on September 2, 1998.Honours and awards
Budge Wilson has received numerous awards for her work that include: 23 Canadian Children's Book Centre "Our Choice" selections, First Prize in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Literary Competition, a City of Dartmouth Book Award, a Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award, a Marianna Dempster Award, two Ann Connor Brimer Awards, a Canadian Authors Association Lilla Stirling Award, a National IODE Violet Downey Award, an Atlantic Independent Booksellers Award, and an IBBY Honour Award. In 2004 she was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada and in 2011 she received the Order of Nova Scotia. Ms. Wilson received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in June, 2012.
Budge has received honorary degrees from Dalhousie University and Mount Saint Vincent University
