Alice Kuipers
Writing Coach
Alice Kuipers is the bestselling, award-winning author of YA novels, books for younger readers, and several ghostwritten adult memoirs. Her debut, Life on the Refrigerator Door, was a New York Times Book for the Teen Age and Carnegie Medal nominee. It won the Grand Prix de Viarmes, the Livrentête Prize, the Redbridge Teenage Book Award and the Saskatchewan First Book Award and has been adapted for the stage. Alice’s other accolades include wins or nominations for the Arthur Ellis Award, the White Pine Award, the Saskatchewan Book Award for YA Literature, the Junior Library Guild Gold Selection and Amazon’s Best Book of the Month. Her essays have been published in the Huffington Post, the Sunday Telegraph, Easy Living, and Today’s Parent. Alice has a BSc in Psychology from Manchester University and an MA in Writing from Manchester Metropolitan University. She has spoken at the Brisbane Festival of Literature, Wordfest Calgary, Vancouver Writers Fest, and the Saskatchewan Festival of Words.
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Alice Kuipers is the bestselling, award-winning author of five novels: Life on the Refrigerator Door, The Worst Thing She Ever Did (in the U.S.A., Lost For Words), 40 Things I Want to Tell You, The Death of Us and Me and Me. She is also the author of a memoir for teenager Carley Allison, Always Smile, and six books for younger readers. She is a bestselling ghostwriter, experienced in writing adult memoir.
Named a New York Times Book for the Teen Age, Alice’s first novel won and was shortlisted for numerous prizes, including the Redbridge Book Award, the Sheffield Libraries Choice Award, the Grand Prix de Viarmes, the Saskatchewan First Book Award, the Salt Lake City County Library System Reader’s Choice Award, and the Carnegie Medal.
Alice’s other YA novels have been described as ‘gorgeous, heart-ripping, important’ (Voices of Young Adults). They have continued to sell in multiple countries and won awards, including the Arthur Ellis Award for Crime Fiction.
Alice’s picture books with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and her chapter book series with Chronicle Press spark creativity and joy in young readers. Polly Diamond was named a Junior Library Guild Gold Selection, an Amazon Best Book of the Month, and was described by Booklist as a book that ‘brings the imagination to life.’
Alice has written four books with online publisher Fiction Express to help hundreds of school children enjoy reading. Alice’s essays have been published by the Huffington Post, the Bristol Review of Books, Easy Living and Fierce Ink Press, and her work has been turned into plays, radio plays and published in anthologies. Her writing is published in 36 countries.
As Head of Coaching at The Novelry, coaching for Alice is about helping authors find their voice and their passion. She’s an experienced and skilled writing coach and will be the right coach for you if you’re working on YA, memoir, or books for children. She can also help if you want to boost your productivity, creative flow, or work out how to best manage your writing life (she has four children at home in Saskatoon, Canada, and two honorary older daughters).
Alice’s Genres
- Children’s Fiction
- Memoir
- Young Adult
‘Those moments when the world quiets down and words appear on the page are magical. I want to help other writers find that peace and creativity.’
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