Karen Hesse

Karen S. Hesse ist eine hoch gelobte Dichterin und Autorin, die besonders für ihre Arbeit in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur sowie in der historischen Fiktion bekannt ist. Sie wurde 1952 in Baltimore, Maryland, geboren und hatte eine herausfordernde Kindheit, die sie in Reihenhäusern mit minimaler Privatsphäre verbrachte. Diese frühen Erfahrungen haben ihre Schreibarbeit stark beeinflusst, die oft Themen wie Härte, Widerstandsfähigkeit und den menschlichen Geist erforscht.

Das Werk von Hesse wurde für seine literarische Qualität weitreichend anerkannt. Ihr Roman "Out of the Dust" aus dem Jahr 1997 gewann die prestigeträchtige Newbery Medal und den Scott O'Dell Award für Historische Fiktion. Dieser bemerkenswerte Erfolg ist ein Beweis für die Fähigkeit von Hesse, fesselnde Erzählungen zu erschaffen, die Leser aller Altersgruppen ansprechen. Der Roman, der in der Staubsturm-Ära der 1930er Jahre spielt, erzählt die Geschichte des Überlebenskampfes und der Hoffnungssuche eines jungen Mädchens angesichts von Widrigkeiten.

Im Jahr 2002 wurde Hesse mit einem MacArthur Fellowship ausgezeichnet, einer prestigeträchtigen Auszeichnung für Individuen, die für ihre herausragende Kreativität in ihrer Arbeit bekannt sind. Diese Anerkennung festigte weiter den Ruf von Hesse als führende Stimme in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur. Ihre weiteren bemerkenswerten Werke umfassen "Letters from Rifka", "The Music of Dolphins" und "Bridge to Terabithia", das sie zusammen mit Katherine Paterson schrieb. Die Fähigkeit von Hesse, historischen Kontext mit fesselnder Erzählkunst zu verweben, macht sie zu einer beliebten Autorin bei Lesern und Kritikern gleichermaßen.
Einzelromane
# Titel Jahr
1 Wish on a Unicorn 1991
2 Letters from Rifka 1992
3 Phoenix Rising 1994
4 A Time of Angels 1995
5 The Music of Dolphins 1996
6 Out of the Dust 1997
7 Just Juice (With: Robert Andrew Parker) 1998
8 Just Juice 1998
9 The Stowaway 2000
10 Witness 2000
11 Young Nick's Head 2001
12 Aleutian Sparrow 2003
13 Brooklyn Bridge 2008
14 Safekeeping 2012
Chapter Books
# Titel Jahr
1 Lavender 1993
2 Sable 1994
Bilderbücher
# Titel Jahr
1 Poppy's Chair 1993
2 Lester's Dog 1993
3 Come On, Rain! 1999
4 The Cats In Krasinski Square 2004
5 Spuds 2008
6 My Thumb 2016
7 Night Job 2018
8 Nights with Dad 2018
9 Granny and Bean 2022
Sachbücher
# Titel Jahr
1 A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin 1999
2 The Young Hans Christian Andersen 2005
Dear America Books
# Titel Jahr
1 When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 (By: Barry Denenberg) 1996
2 When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 1996
3 A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 (By: Kathryn Lasky) 1996
4 A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 1996
5 Winter Of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary Of Abigail Jane Stewart 1996
6 Winter Of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary Of Abigail Jane Stewart ( By: Kristiana Gregory) 1996
7 I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 (By: Joyce Hansen) 1997
8 I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 1997
9 A Picture Of Freedom 1997
10 A Picture Of Freedom (By: Patricia McKissack) 1997
11 Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 1998
12 Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 (By: Barry Denenberg) 1998
13 Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 (By: Kathryn Lasky) 1998
14 Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 1998
15 West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi (By: Jim Murphy) 1998
16 West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi 1998
17 Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 ( By: Mary Pope Osborne) 1998
18 Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 1998
19 A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence (By: Sherry Garland) 1998
20 A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence 1998
21 Stationery Pack (By: Patricia McKissack) 1998
22 Stationery Pack 1998
23 Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912 (By: Ellen Emerson White) 1998
24 Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912 1998
25 The Great Railroad Race 1999
26 The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868 (By: Kristiana Gregory) 1999
27 My Heart is on the Ground (By: Ann Rinaldi) 1999
28 My Heart is on the Ground 1999
29 The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl 1999
30 The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl (By: Ann Turner) 1999
31 A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin 1999
32 Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North (By: Patricia McKissack) 2000
33 Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North 2000
34 A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 2000
35 A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 (By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti) 2000
36 My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941 (By: Mary Pope Osborne) 2000
37 My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941 2000
38 One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York 1938 (By: Barry Denenberg) 2000
39 One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York 1938 2000
40 Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932 2001
41 Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932 ( By: Kathryn Lasky) 2001
42 Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846, 2001
43 Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846, (By: Sherry Garland) 2001
44 Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849 (By: Kristiana Gregory) 2001
45 My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881 2001
46 My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881 (By: Jim Murphy) 2001
47 When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer 2002
48 My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck 2002
49 When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer (By: Beth Seidel Levine) 2002
50 A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917 2002
51 My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck (By: Kathryn Lasky) 2002
52 A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917 (By: Kathryn Lasky) 2002
53 Where Have All the Flowers Gone? 2002
54 Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (By: Ellen Emerson White) 2002
55 Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932 2002
56 Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932 (By: Barry Denenberg) 2002
57 Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935 2002
58 So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 2003
59 Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935 (By: Katelan Janke) 2002
60 So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 (By: Barry Denenberg) 2003
61 Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson 2003
62 Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson (By: Ann Turner) 2003
63 Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota 2003
64 All the Stars in the Sky 2003
65 Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota (By: Marion Dane Bauer) 2003
66 All the Stars in the Sky ( By: Megan McDonald) 2003
67 Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849 2003
68 Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763 2004
69 Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763 (By: Patricia McKissack) 2004
70 Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 (By: Deborah Hopkinson) 2004
71 Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 2004
72 I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 2004
73 I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 (By: Lisa Rowe Fraustino) 2004
74 The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941 (By: Kirby Larson) 2010
75 The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941 2010
76 Like the Willow Tree ( By: Lois Lowry) 2011
77 Like the Willow Tree 2011
78 Cannons at Dawn ( By: Kristiana Gregory) 2011
79 Cannons at Dawn 2011
80 With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 (By: Andrea Davis Pinkney) 2011
81 With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 2011
82 Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880 2012
83 Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880 (By: Susan Patron) 2012
84 Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose 2013
85 Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose (By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti) 2013
86 A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 2013
87 A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 (By: Judy Blundell) 2013
Karen Hesse Anthologies
# Titel Jahr
1 The Stone Lamp 2003
2 What You Wish For 2011
3 What You Wish For: A Book for Darfur 2011