Eric Walters


Eric Robert Walters, is a Canadian author of young adult fiction and picture books. He has written over 130 books.

Background

Walters was an elementary school teacher at Vista Heights Public School in Streetsville, Mississauga. In 1993, he was teaching a grade 5 class in which many of the students were reluctant readers and writers. To encourage them, Walters wrote his first novel, Stand Your Ground. The novel was set in the school and featured the names of many of his students. He has since written more than 70 novels for young adults.
He is a three-time winner of both the Ontario Library Association Silver Birch Award and Red Maple Award. His books have been translated and published in several other countries.

Personal life

Eric Walters was born and raised in Toronto and resides in Guelph, Ontario, with his wife Anita. They have three adult children, Christina, Nicholas and Julia.
In April 2010, Walters walked across the Sahara before writing Just Deserts. With his son, he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for Between Heaven and Earth. He played with tigers before writing Tiger by the Tail.
Walters and his wife founded the Creation of Hope, an organization providing care for orphans in the Mbooni district of Kenya.

Awards

Walters's works have won or been nominated for the following awards:
BookAward
Stars
Trapped in Ice
  • Silver Birch Award, 1997
  • CBC Choice Award, 1997
  • Ruth Schwartz Award nomination, 1997
    • War of the Eagles
  • Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards - Children’s Picture Book, 1999
  • Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice commendation, 1998
  • Canadian Library Association [Book of the Year for Children Award] Honour Book commendation, 1998
    • Diamonds in the Rough
  • CBC Choice Award, 1998
  • Red Cedar Award nomination, 1998
    • The Hydrofoil Mystery
  • Canadian Library Association Honour Book designation, 1998
    • Caged EagIes
  • Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children shortlist, 2001
  • UNESCO Prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance nomination, 2003
    • Rebound
  • Red Maple Award, 2002
  • Snow Willow Award, 2002
    • The Bully Boys
  • CBC Choice Award, 2002
  • Red Maple Award shortlist, 2002
    • Camp X
  • Silver Birch Award, 2003
  • Arthur Ellis Award - Juvenile shortlist, 2003
    • Run
  • Torgi Award, 2004
    • We All Fall Down
  • Red Maple Winner, 2006
    • Shattered
  • White Pine Winner, 2006
    • Safe as Houses
  • Red Maple Winner, 2007
    • The Pole
  • National Outdoor Book Award, 2008
    • The King of Jam Sandwiches
  • Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature, 2020

    • Published works

    Fiction

    Stand Your Ground Stars Trapped in Ice War of the Eagles Diamonds in the Rough The Hydrofoil Mystery Caged Eagles Rebound The Bully Boys Northern Exposures Camp X Ricky Tiger Town Run Overdrive Grind Death by Exposure Underdog I've Got An Idea The True Story of Santa Claus Juice Elixir Triple Threat Stuffed Laggan Lard Butts We All Fall Down Shattered House Party Bifocal Safe as Houses Tiger Trap Sketches Boot Camp The Falls In A Flash When Elephants Fight Voyageur The Pole Splat! Alexandria of Africa Special Edward Black & White Tell Me Why Wounded United We Stand Shell Shocked Wave Beverly Hills Maasai Branded Trouble in Paradise Home Team Fly Boy Shaken Catboy Just Deserts Between Heaven and Earth The Matato Ride The Taming with Teresa TotenEnd of Days Power Play Tagged My Name is Blessing The Rule of Three Walking Home Saving Sammy The Power of Three Sleeper Hope Springs Regenesis The Fight of Power The Will to Survive 90 Days of Different Always With You The Boy Who Moved Christmas Don't Stand So Close to Me The King of Jam Sandwiches
    • ''Bear in the Family''

    Non-fiction

    Improve Your Child's Spelling 1 Improve Your Child's Spelling 2 When Elephants Fight Tell Me Why
    • ''From the Heart of Africa: a Book of Wisdom''