Rebecca Fjelland Davis
Encyclopedia
Rebecca Fjelland Davis is an American
novel
ist and children's book author who lives in Minnesota
. She is currently an instructor at South Central College
in Mankato, where she teaches Composition studies
, Literature
and Film
, and Critical Thinking
in Humanities
.
. She graduated with honors from Waldorf College
, from St. Cloud State University
(earning her Bachelor of Arts
in English
) and from Mankato State University (earning her Master of Fine Arts
in Creative Writing
). A former marathoner and two-time women's champion of the National 24-Hour Challenge cycling event, she has been known to work athletic themes into her young adult writing, similar to her former husband Terry Davis (author)
as well as fellow author Chris Crutcher
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
ist and children's book author who lives in Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. She is currently an instructor at South Central College
South Central College
South Central College is a two-year comprehensive community and technical college located in southern Minnesota ....
in Mankato, where she teaches Composition studies
Composition studies
Composition Studies is the professional field of writing research and instruction, focusing especially on writing at the college level in the United States...
, Literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
and Film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, and Critical Thinking
Critical thinking
Critical thinking is the process or method of thinking that questions assumptions. It is a way of deciding whether a claim is true, false, or sometimes true and sometimes false, or partly true and partly false. The origins of critical thinking can be traced in Western thought to the Socratic...
in Humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
.
Biography
Davis grew up on a farm outside of Huxley, IowaHuxley, Iowa
Huxley is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,316 at the 2000 census. It is part of the 'Ames, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area', which is a part of the larger 'Ames-Boone, Iowa Combined Statistical Area'.-Geography:...
. She graduated with honors from Waldorf College
Waldorf College
Waldorf College, located in Forest City, Iowa, is a four-year liberal arts, for-profit college.Founded in 1903, the college was affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America until 2009, when, due to financial problems, the college was sold to for-profit Mayes Education, owner of...
, from St. Cloud State University
St. Cloud State University
St. Cloud State University is a four-year public university founded in 1869 on the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. The university is the largest member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system which is the largest single provider of higher...
(earning her Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in English
English studies
English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
) and from Mankato State University (earning her Master of Fine Arts
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
in Creative Writing
Creative writing
Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
). A former marathoner and two-time women's champion of the National 24-Hour Challenge cycling event, she has been known to work athletic themes into her young adult writing, similar to her former husband Terry Davis (author)
Terry Davis (author)
Terry Davis is an American novelist who lives near Spokane, Washington, and is a professor emeritus of English at Minnesota State University, Mankato , where he taught Creative writing – fiction and screenwriting – as well as adolescent literature...
as well as fellow author Chris Crutcher
Chris Crutcher
-Biography:Crutcher was born to a World War II bomber pilot and a homemaker on July 17, 1946, in Dayton, Ohio. They later moved to Cascade, Idaho, where Crutcher grew up....
.
Books
- 10, 9, 8 Polar Animals: A Counting Backward Book. Capstone Press, 2006. ISBN 9780736863742.
- Beaches and Bicycles: A Summer Counting Book. Capstone Press, 2006. ISBN 9780736868914.
- Chasing AllieCat. Flux, 2011. ISBN 9780738721309.
- Counting Pets by Twos. Capstone Press, 2006. ISBN 9780736863759.
- Flowers and Showers: A Spring Counting Book. Capstone Press, 2006. ISBN 9780736868907.
- Footballs and Falling Leaves: A Fall Counting Book. Capstone Press, 2006. ISBN 9780736868891.
- Jake Riley: Irreparably Damaged. HarperTempest, 2003. ISBN 9780060518370.
- The History of the Washington Mystics (Women's Pro Basketball Today). Creative Education, 1999. ISBN 9781583410127.
- More or Less: A Rainforest Counting Book. Capstone Press, 2006. ISBN 9780736863766.
- Snowflakes and Ice Skates: A Winter Counting Book. Capstone Press, 2006. ISBN 9780736868921.
- Woof & Wag: Bringing Home a Dog. Picture Window Books, 2008. ISBN 9781404848689.
- Zoo Animals: 1,2,3. Capstone Press, 2006. ISBN 9780736863773.
Anthologies
- Wonderful Things I Scarcely Understand: Twenty Years of Robert Wright Award Winners. Edited by Roger Sheffer. Minnesota State University, MankatoMinnesota State University, MankatoMinnesota State University, Mankato is a public four-year university located in Mankato, Minnesota, a community of 53,000 located southwest of Minneapolis-St. Paul. As of Fall 2011, the student body is the third-largest in the state of Minnesota with over 15,000 students...
, 2003. ISBN 9780615123394.
Awards
- 1990 Robert Wright Creative Writing Contest Winner. Minnesota State University, MankatoMinnesota State University, MankatoMinnesota State University, Mankato is a public four-year university located in Mankato, Minnesota, a community of 53,000 located southwest of Minneapolis-St. Paul. As of Fall 2011, the student body is the third-largest in the state of Minnesota with over 15,000 students...
. - 2003 Blue Ribbon Award Winner (for Jake Riley: Irreparably Damaged), The Bulletin of the Center for Children's BooksThe Bulletin of the Center for Children's BooksThe Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books is an academic journal established in 1945 by Frances E. Henne at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The publication is dedicated to reviewing the latest in children's literature...
. - 2007 Honorable Mention Award (for Chasing AllieCat, a work-in-progress YA novel), Loft Awards for Children's Literature /Older Children.
- 2008 Artist Initiative Grant (for Slider's Son, work-in-progress middle grade novel), Minnesota State Arts Board.