Talk:Katherine Paterson

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Changed nationality Chinese / American to American. Katherine Paterson was born in China to American missionary parents, so her nationality is American. Source - personal knowledge. I am her nephew.DavidBHamilton (talk) 20:21, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Added info box and childrens literature template. Wassupwestcoast 23:26, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As noted by DavidBHamilton above, Mrs. Paterson has always been of American nationality, and never Chinese nationality. Infobox edited accordingly today —Ryanaxp (talk)

your e-mail address and Bridge to Terabithia[edit]

What is your e-mail address? Your book made me cry when Leslie died. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 170.211.236.13 (talk) 19:48, 11 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

We don't know. It's not like she can answer you! Physik 13:21, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Lead[edit]

The lead - see WP:Lead - should be expanded. Cheers! Wassupwestcoast 23:58, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

/* Recent years */ Takoma Park Elementary School[edit]

Takoma Park Elementary School is not spelled with a "c," so I corrected the spelling. See http://www.takoma.com/archives/copy/2005/06/features_takomaarchives0605.html

From the same article, a caption reads "A maple tree replaces the original cherry tree honoring Lisa Hill," which shows that the tree planted that day was not a cherry. 68.50.72.15 (talk) 18:54, 18 August 2008 (UTC) <today in our sixth grade class we were studing katherine p. she writes good books and most of them are famous>[reply]

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Picturebooks, nonfiction, translations[edit]

Katherine Paterson bibliography lists many works other than the novels for older children and young adults (which may be the basis for all of her awards?). Are any of them notable? Even if they aren't, as a biography this article should cover her writing more broadly.

Is the Presbyterian gig relevant to her writing career? If so, it needs development. If not, it may belong at the end of section "Early life": Her first job ... --P64 (talk) 20:16, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism again and again[edit]

The revision history for almost two years (200 edits) is primarily a record of vandalism and reversion; secondarily of unsourced BLP and reversion.

Just now I manually reverted the blanking of two sections 18:26, 29 January 2012‎ 90.215.79.145. Evidently someone learned how to "get away with it", or got lucky, after two reverts earlier that day. The vandal continued with some lesser changes to sections "Writing years" and "Writing style". I have reverted those too, but reversion does not much help. --P64 (talk) 20:16, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

After a flurry of revision and reversion today, someone has protected the article. Except for those tags the content is same as what I left at the time I reported here. --P64 (talk) 15:01, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Adaptations[edit]

Paterson and Stephanie S. Tolan are credited in the Library of Congress catalog with participation as writers in creation of three musical plays for children, including two adaptations of Paterson novels.

From the first two catalog records I would not say that Paterson participated in the adaptation but the third suggests to me that Paterson and Tolan worked together on all three. For some more information and puzzlement see Talk:Bridge to Terabithia#Musical stage adaptation. --P64 (talk) 17:32, 31 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

John Barstow Paterson Sr. and Jr.[edit]

I added to External links the pages for John Barstow Paterson (John B., Sr.) and John B. Paterson (Jr.) at Library of Congress Authorities.

  • Sr. -- husband, born 1932-11-22
  • Jr. -- son, I infer

According to LC Authorities and its indirectly linked LC Online Catalog records, they collaborated on one book published 2009, John B.'s first book and only work the catalog now attributes to him, a children's picture book illustrated by Renato Alarcão, LCCN 2008-938426. Katherine and husband John Barstow collaborated on more than several.

If we are right that her husband "died several years ago" (citation needed) then the catalog probably confuses father and son re The Flint Heart: a fairy story, by Katherine and John Paterson [Sr., in the catalog], 1st ed. (Candlewick Press, 2011), "Freely abridged from Eden Phillpotts's 1910 fantasy." LCCN 2010-48225

--P64 (talk) 04:55, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Maiden name[edit]

The article toggles between two spellings of her maiden name: Womeldorf and Womelsdorf. The internet, including the cited source, also have both. Which is correct? All I know is that there is a town in Pennsylvania, west of Reading, called Womelsdorf (with the S), so I would lean toward that if there isn't a certifiable source. Al Begamut (talk) 21:49, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It’s Womeldorf not Womelsdorf.
- it’s in her autobiography 24.177.141.4 (talk) 02:10, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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