Christine Dzidrums Explained

Christine Dzidrums is an American children's author. She won a bronze medal at the 2010 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards for her debut novel, Cutters Don't Cry.^[1] She has written gymnast biographies on Clayton Kershaw, Mike Trout, Gabby Douglas, Shawn Johnson, The Fierce Five, Missy Franklin, Kelly Clarkson and Nastia Liukin. Her second young adult novel, , won a gold medal at the 2014 Children's Literary Classics Awards. Her biography on Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yuna brought her media attention in South Korea.^{[2] [3]}

Bibliography

• Cutters Don't Cry, 2010
• (SkateStars Volume 1), 2010
• , (SkateStars Volume 2), 2011
• Princess Dessabelle Makes a Friend, 2011
• Timmy and the Baseball Birthday Party, 2012
• (GymnStars Volume 1), 2012
• Timmy Adopts a Girl Dog, 2012
• , 2012
• (GymnStars Volume 2), 2012
• Princess Dessabelle: Tennis Star, 2012
• (GymnStars Volume 3), 2012
• (GymnStars Volume 4), 2012
• Future Presidents Club: Girls Rule!, 2013
• Idina Menzel: Broadway Superstar, 2013
• Sutton Foster: Broadway Sweetheart, 2013
• Clayton Kershaw: Pitching Ace, 2013
• Mike Trout: Baseball Sensation, 2013
• Matt Kemp: True Blue Baseball Star
• 66: The Yasiel Puig Story
• (Y Not Girl Volume 1), 2013
• (Y Not Girl Volume 2), 2013
• (Y Not Girl Volume 3), 2013
• Future Presidents Club: Girls Rock, 2014
• , 2014
• Mary Lou Retton: America's Sweetheart, 2014

Awards

• 2010 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards for Cutters Don't Cry^[4]
• 2012 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards for Gabby Douglas: Golden Smile, Golden Triumph^[5]
• 2014 Children's Literary Classics Award - Gold Medal for Kaylee: The "What If?" Game^[6]

External links

• Official website
• Creative Media Publishing
• Christine Dzidrums on Twitter

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bright Bridge Studios, Inc. . Independent Publisher Online Magazine: Promoting Books, Authors and the Independent Movement . Independentpublisher.com . 2010-11-13 . 2011-04-11.
2. Web site: Sung-eun Jang . Author Discusses Her Book on Yuna Kim . Korea Real Time - WSJ . 2011-03-30 . 2011-04-11 . 2011-04-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110412221825/http://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2011/04/11/u-s-author-discusses-her-book-on-yuna/ . dead .
3. Web site: 4yunaonly . Yuna Kim's Biography by Christine Dzidrums ★20110406 . YouTube . 2011-04-11.
4. Web site: 2010 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards Medalist Results. 19 October 2010. IndependentPublisher.com.
5. Web site: 2012 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards Medalist Results. 16 October 2012. IndependentPublisher.com.
6. Web site: 2014 Children's Literary Classics Medalist Results.