About me: Join readergirlz and yalsa for Night Bites during Teen Read Week! WINNER OF THE MYTHOPOEIC FANTASY AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE I am the author of five young adult fantasy novels. AVIELLE OF RHIA, THE PHOENIX DANCE, WHITE MIDNIGHT, ARIA OF THE SEA, and FIREGOLD. Check out my brand new website at www.diacalhoun.com
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT
AVIELLE OF RHIA:
"This is not a light-and-fluffy fantasy: in Avielle's world, readers will see some reflection of their own. . . . Themes of free will and the classic nature-vs.-nurture debate are examined as Avielle discovers her magic and learns how to control it. This is a coming-of-age story disguised as a fantasy, and it should appeal to any girl who has ever felt uncomfortable in her own skin.
--School Library Journal
"Avielle is clever and compassionate, and her spot-on descriptions of the individuals she encounters (the medals and the top of his head both shone, as if both had been freshly spat upon and polished") are delightful. Evocative scenes of Avielle's weaving symbolize her inner journey, and readers will empathize with the girl as she struggles to accept her Dredonian heritage, her magic, and her duty, while weathering prejudice and her own unconscious hatred. . . . the pattern author Calhoun weaves is rich and complex." --Booklist
"Calhoun's loyal following will be eager to read her latest entry . . . and the discussion it can engender in terms of choices, prejudice, and terrorism will certainly by timely." --VOYA
AVIELLE OF RHIA is a Cybil's Semi-Finalist in the Fantasy category.
AWARDS FOR THE PHOENIX DANCE,
--A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
--Nominated for a Top Ten Teen Pick
--Nominated for an ALA BBYA
The Phoenix Dance is a retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses Grimm's fairy tale. It is about a girl with bipolar illness named Phoenix Dance and was inspired by my personal struggle with bipolar illness. For the full story see my website at www.diacalhoun.com.
The Phoenix Dance was featured in CABF's (The Child and Adolescent Foundation's e-newsletter at http://www.bpkids.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=8865
Please support CABF (The Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation) in all their good work to support the families of children and teens with bipolar illness. Go to http://www.bpkids.org
AWARDS FOR FIREGOLD --An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
--A Booklist Top Ten First Novel for Youth
--A Booklist Top Ten Fantasy Novel for Youth
--VOYA Best Fantasy/Science Fiction List
--Lone Star Reading List
--IRA Young Adult's Choice
AWARDS FOR ARIA OF THE SEA
--An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
--A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
--The Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature
--VOYA Best Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror List
--An IRA Teacher's Choice
--A Best Children's Book 2001 Bank Street College of Education
--ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award Silver Medal
AWARDS FOR WHITE MIDNIGHT
--An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
--VOYA Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
--New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
--Texas Tayshas Reading List
Who I'd like to meet: I'd like to meet fantasy readers, writers, librarians, and teachers.
Dia Calhoun is one of the readergirlz divas, along with Mitali Perkins, Lorie Ann Grover, and Justina Chen Headley. Check out readergirlz at www.readergirlz.com and myspace.com/readergirlz.
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Thank you for adding me as a friend! I'm looking over some of your interests, and we share some of the same loves, Jane Austen and Italian arias. Thanks again.
I love all your books! They are such an inspiration for mine! :-D
I have a picture that I imagined the cover to one of my stories. If you want to see it, it's under my pics under, "My Creations" it's called Unendlichkeit.
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