Awards & Winners

Karen Hesse

Date of Birth 29-August-1952
Place of Birth Baltimore
(Maryland, Baltimore County, United States of America, Area code 410, Area code 443, Area code 667, Area codes 410, 443, and 667)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Writer, Author
Karen Hesse is an American author of children's literature and literature for young adults, often with historical settings. She won the Newbery Medal for Out of the Dust.

Awards by Karen Hesse

Check all the awards nominated and won by Karen Hesse.

2003


Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Witness

1998


John Newbery Medal
Honored for : Out of the Dust

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal Out of the Dust

1993


National Jewish Book Award for Children's Literature
Honored for : Letters from Rivke