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Budge Wilson


Born
in Canada
May 02, 1927

Genre
Children's, Fiction


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: 3.96 · 18,015 ratings · 1,411 reviews · 40 distinct works • Similar authors
Before Green Gables
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The Leaving and Other Stories
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Thirteen Never Changes
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Friendships
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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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“Sometime I hope I get a chance to be young before I get too old to enjoy it -Anne Shirley”
― budge wilson, Before Green Gables
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“I always think that if an animal likes you, it must mean that you're not a completely wicked person.”
― Budge Wilson, Before Green Gables
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