Bunting has taught writing at the University of California, Los Angeles, and is on the board of directors of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and The Writer magazine. Her honors include the Golden Kite Award from the Society of Children’s Book Writers the Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People Award the PEN Los Angeles Center Literary Award for Special Achievement in Children’s Literature the Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People Excellence in a Series Award the Edgar, given by the Mystery Writers of America and recognition by the Commonwealth of Club of California. Since that first book, Eve has gone on to write many more, ranging from picture books to novels for young adults. “I thought everybody in the world knew that story, and when I found they didn't-well, I thought they should.” “It was a story about Finn McCool, the Irish giant, and how he outsmarted Culcullan, the terrible Scottish giant,” she says. Her first book, The Two Giants, was published in 1972. Smoky Night won the Caldecott Medal in 1995 and Coffin on a Case won the Mystery Writers of American, best Juvenile Mystery prize in 1993. She is one of the USAs most acclaimed and versatile authors of childrens books and has written more than one hundred novels. She has written more than two hundred books, though she didn’t begin her writing career until age forty. Eve Bunting was presented with the prestigious Regina medal in the USA in 1997. In 1958 she came to the United States with her husband and three children and settled in California.

How could I? For me, writing is like breathing.Įve Bunting was born and educated in Northern Ireland. “A friend once told me that I should slow downĪnd take a rest from writing once in a while.

The Tongue of the Ocean by Eve Bunting