Marsha Skrypuch

Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch is a Ukrainian-Canadian children's writer who currently lives in Brantford, Ontario.
She received a B.A. in English and a Master of Library Science from the University of Western Ontario, and began writing fiction in 1992. Her first book, Silver Threads, was published in 1996.
Marsha Skrypuch is the author of many books for children and young adults. She primarily writes about war from a young person's perspective. She is also the author of the Making Bombs for Hitler trilogy which consists of Making Bombs for Hitler, The War Below, and Stolen Girl.

Works

Silver Threads – 1996
The Best Gifts – 1998
The Hunger – 1999
Enough – 2000
Hope's War – 2001
Nobody's Child – 2003
Aram's Choice – 2006
Kobzar's Children: A Century of Untold Ukrainian Stories – 2006
Dear Canada: Prisoners in the Promised Land: The Ukrainian Internment Diary of Anya Soloniuk, Spirit Lake, Quebec, 1914 – 2007
Daughter of War – 2008
Call Me Aram – 2009
A Christmas To Remember – 2009 -- "An Unexpected Visitor" was written by Skrypuch for this anthology.
Stolen Girl – 2010
Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War – 2011
Making Bombs For Hitler – 2012
One Step At A Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way – 2012
When Mama Goes to Work – 2013
Underground Soldier – 2014
Dance of the Banished – 2014
Adrift at Sea: A Vietnamese Boy's Story of Survival – 2016
Don't Tell the Nazis – 2018
The War Below - 2018
Trapped in Hitler's Web - 2020
Sky of Bombs, Sky of Stars; A Vietnamese War Orphan Finds Home - 2020
Traitors Among Us - 2021
Winterkill - 2022
Under Attack - 2025
Standoff - 2025

Awards

1996, Taras Shevchenko for Silver Threads
2000, CCBC's Our Choice Award for The Hunger
2001, CCBC's Our Choice Award for Enough
2002, CCBC's Our Choice Award for Hope's War
2004 CCBC's Our Choice Award for Nobody's Child
2006 CCBC's Our Choice for Aram's Choice
2008 Order of Princess Olga, for her writing on the Holodomor, in particular her book Enough
2010 Woman of Distinction, World Congress of Ukrainian Women's Organizations
2010 Calliope Award for outstanding writing and mentoring, Humber School for Writers
2011 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award for the Americas, for Stolen Child
2012 CCBC Best Books for Kids: Last Airlift
2012 CCBC Best Books For Kids: Stolen Child
2012 CCBC Best Books For Kids, Starred Review: Making Bombs For Hitler
2012 CCBC Best Books for Kids: Making Bombs For Hitler
2013 Red Cedar Book Award Winner in category "Information", Last Airlift
2013 Silver Birch Fiction Winner: Making Bombs For Hitler
2014 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award: Making Bombs For Hitler
2014 Silver Birch non-fiction Winner: One Step At A Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way
2014 Underground Soldier: Starred Selection, CCBC Best Books for Kids
2015 Underground Soldier: Geoffrey Bilson Award nominee
2015 Dance of the Banished: Geoffrey Bilson Award WINNER
2015 Dance of the Banished: Junior Library Guild selection April
2015 Dance of the Banished: CCBC Best Books for Kids
2015 Dance of the Banished: The White Ravens selection 2015
2016 Dance of the Banished: USBBY Outstanding International Book
2016 Underground Soldier: Kobzar Literary Award nominee
2016 Adrift At Sea: Resource Links Best Book
2017 Adrift At Sea: Starred selection: ABC CLIO
2017 Adrift At Sea: Starred selection: CCBC Best Books for Kids
2017 The Best Gifts: Storytelling World Resource Honor Book
2017 Adrift At Sea: 2017 Canadian Children’s Literature Roundtables Information Book Award, Honour Book
2017 Adrift At Sea: Cybils Finalist for MG non-fiction.
2017 Making Bombs for Hitler, A Mighty Girl Book of the Year
2018 Adrift At Sea: Golden Oak Award shortlist,
2018 Adrift At Sea: Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice nominee,
2018 Adrift At Sea: Selected for Pope Francis exhibit, Bologna Italy,
2018 Making Bombs for Hitler, US edition: Starred selection: ABC CLIO
2018 Making Bombs for Hitler, US edition: Winner, Battle of the Books, Chesapeake PL.
2018 Making Bombs for Hitler, US edition: YALSA Quick Pick
2018 Making Bombs for Hitler, US edition: Winner: Iowa Teen Award, 2018-2019, Grades 6-9
2018 Don’t Tell the Enemy, Starred review, CCBC Best Books for Kids
2018 Don’t Tell the Enemy, Kids’ Forest Committee Summer Reading Selection
2018 Don’t Tell the Enemy, CBC The Next Chapter Book Panel Selection
2018 The War Below, North Carolina Young Adult book Award shortlist for 2018-2019
2018 The War Below, CYBILS middle-grade fiction nomination,
2018 Too Young to Escape, CBC Best Book for Kids, 2018.
2018 Too Young to Escape, Starred Review, Quill & Quire, Nov
2018 Too Young to Escape, CBC 13 middle grade books to watch for this fall.
2018 Too Young to Escape, Junior Library Guild Selection
2018 Too Young to Escape, CBC 12 books to read to commemorate Remembrance Day, 2018.
2019 Don’t Tell the Enemy, Bilson Award nominee
2019 Don’t Tell the Nazis, A Mighty Girl Book of the Year
2019 Too Young to Escape, Forest of Reading Kids’ Silver Birch selection 2019
2019 Too Young to Escape, CCBC Best Books for Kids.
2019 Too Young to Escape, Information Book Award nominee, Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada
2019 Too Young to Escape, 2019 USSBY Outstanding International Book
2019 Career Excellence Award, Brantford Writers’ Circle
2020 Don’t Tell the Enemy, WINNER: Saskatchewan Snow Willow Award
2020 Don’t Tell the Enemy, Saskatchewan Snow Willow Award nominee
2020 Don’t Tell the Enemy, MYRCA Northern Lights nominee
2020 Don’t Tell the Enemy, Red Maple Fiction shortlist
2020 Too Young to Escape, Saskatchewan Diamond Willow Award nomination
2020 Too Young to Escape, WINNER Ontario Yellow Cedar Award
2020 Too Young to Escape, Ontario Yellow Cedar Award nomination
2020 Too Young to Escape, WINNER BC Red Cedar information Book Award
2020 Too Young to Escape, BC Red Cedar Book Awards nomination, non-fiction
2020 Too Young to Escape, 2019-2020 Hackmatack Award nominee.
2020 Too Young to Escape, ILA Notable Book for a Global Society
2020 Too Young to Escape, Honorable Mention, Freeman Award
2020 Trapped in Hitler’s Web, A Mighty Girl 2020 Book of the Year
2020 Sky of Bombs, Sky of Stars, CCBC Best Book, 2020
2021 Traitors Among Us, Kirkus, starred review
2021 Traitors Among Us, Best Books of the Month, middle-grade, Sept 2021, Amazon.com
2021 Traitors Among Us, Kirkus Best YA book list, 2021
2021 Traitors Among Us, A Mighty Girl 2021 Book of the Year
2021 Sky of Bombs, Sky of Stars, Poughkeepsie Public Library 2021 Big Read selection
2022 Traitors Among Us, Geoffrey Bilson Award, shortlist, 2022.
2022 Trapped in Hitler’s Web, MYRCA Northern Lights nomination
2022: author banned for life from entering Russian Federation
2022 Winterkill: Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
2023 Winterkill: #VelshiBannedBookClub selection
2023 Winterkill: New York Times reviewed
2023 Winterkill: Forest of Reading Kid Committee Red Maple summer reading list 2023
2023 Winterkill: CCBC Best Book for Kids, 2023
2024 Winterkill: Kobzar Book Award shortlist, 2024
2024 Winterkill: MYRCA Northern Lights nomination, 2024
2025 Kidnapped from Ukraine – Under Attack: Starred review Kirkus
2025 Kidnapped from Ukraine – Under Attack: Starred review Booklist
2025 Kidnapped from Ukraine – Under Attack: Loan Stars Junior Canadian Top Pick, Booknet Canada
2025 Kidnapped from Ukraine — Standoff: Starred review School Library Journal