She received the Golden Kite Award from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators in 1976 for One More Flight. ĭuring her writing career, Bunting has won several awards for her books. She now lives in Pasadena, California and has six grandchildren. The first published work gave Bunting confidence and passion to pursue a writing career.īunting has taught writing classes at UCLA. Bunting’s first published story, Two Giants, focused an Irish folktale about Finn McCool who out smarted Culcullan, a terrible Scottish giant Eve Bunting. She felt the desire to write about her heritage. A few years later, Bunting enrolled in a community college writing course. In 1958, Bunting moved to the United States with her husband and three children. Maybe I’m a bit of a Shanchie myself, telling stories to anyone who will listen Author Bio Evelyn Bunting.” This storytelling began as an inspiration for Bunting and continues with her work. In Ireland, “There used to be Shanachies the shanachie was a storyteller who went from house to house telling his tales of ghosts and fairies, of old Irish heroes and battles still to be won.

She went to school in Northern Ireland and grew up with storytelling. Her books are diverse in age groups, from picture books to chapter books, and topic, ranging from Thanksgiving to riots in Los Angeles. Eve Bunting, born in the small village of Maghera in Northern Ireland, 1928, is an author with more than 250 books.

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