Bill Wallace
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William "Bill" Wallace (August 1, 1947 – January 30, 2012) was an American teacher and later an author of children's books.
He began writing to quiet his fourth grade students, who loved his stories and urged him to write "tru" books.
Personal life and career
Wallace was born and raised in Chickasha, Oklahoma. At the University of Oklahoma, he concentrated on academic writing. He then obtained a B.S. Elementary Education from The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in 1971 and a M.S. In 1974, SWOSU obtained an Elementary Administration degree. He began teaching in 1971 and became the principal/P.E. In 1977, a West Elementary teacher in Chickasha began teaching. The Bill Wallace Early Education Center has opened in the school. Wallace left the school system in 1988 to pursue writing. He published a total of 31 books, seven of which he coauthored with his wife Carol.
Awards
- 1983 Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award (A Dog Called Kitty)
- 1983 Texas Bluebonnet Award (A Dog Called Kitty)
- 1985 Nebraska Golden Sower Award (A Dog Called Kitty)
- 1989 Utah Children's Book Award (Trapped in Death Cave)
- 1989 Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Ferret in the Bedroom, Lizards in the Fridge)
- 1989 South Carolina Children's Book Award (Ferret in the Bedroom, Lizards in ...)
- 1990 Florida Sunshine State Children's Book Award grade 6–8 (Trapped ...)
- 1991 Texas Bluebonnet Award (Danger on Panther Peak)
- 1991 Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award (Beauty)
- 1991 Kansas William Allen White Award (Beauty)
- 1991 Wyoming Soaring Eagle Award (Trapped in Death Cave)
- 1992 Texas Bluebonnet Award (Snot Stew)
- 1992 Pacific Northwest Territory Award (Danger in Quicksand Swamp)
- 1992 South Carolina Children's Book Award (Snot Stew)
- 1994 Maryland Children's Book Award Intermediate Level (Danger in Quicksand...)
- 1995 Connecticut Nutmeg Children's Choice Award (Biggest Klutz in Fifth Grade)
- 1995 Arizona Children's Choice Book Award (Totally Disgusting)
- 1996 Florida Sunshine State Children's Award (Blackwater Swamp)
- 1997 Utah Children's Book Award (Watchdog and the Coyotes)
- 1997 Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Book Award (Watchdog and the Coyotes)
- 2000 Arrell M. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award -OK Center for the Book
- 2004 Maryland Children's Book Award Intermediate Level (Goosed)
- 2006 Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Book Award (No Dogs Allowed)