# Eric Walters

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For the Australian journalist, see [Eric Walters (newsreader)](/source/Eric_Walters_(newsreader)).

**Eric Robert Walters**, (born March 3, 1957) is a Canadian author of [young adult fiction](/source/Young_adult_fiction) and picture books.[1][2] He has written over 130 books.[1]

## Background

Walters was an elementary school teacher at Vista Heights Public School in [Streetsville, Mississauga](/source/Streetsville,_Mississauga). In 1993, he was teaching a grade 5 class in which many of the students were reluctant readers and writers. To encourage them, Walters wrote his first novel, *Stand Your Ground*. The novel was set in the school and featured the names of many of his students. He has since written more than 70 novels for young adults.[3]

He is a three-time winner of both the [Ontario Library Association](/source/Ontario_Library_Association) [Silver Birch Award](/source/Silver_Birch_Awards) and [Red Maple Award](/source/Forest_of_Reading_Red_Maple_Award). His books have been translated and published in several other countries.[3]

## Personal life

Eric Walters was born and raised in [Toronto](/source/Toronto) and resides in [Guelph](/source/Guelph), Ontario, with his wife Anita. They have three adult children, Christina, Nicholas and Julia.[4]

In April 2010, Walters walked across the [Sahara](/source/Sahara) before writing *Just Deserts*. With his son, he climbed [Mount Kilimanjaro](/source/Mount_Kilimanjaro) for *Between Heaven and Earth*. He played with tigers before writing *Tiger by the Tail*.[4]

Walters and his wife founded the Creation of Hope, an organization providing care for orphans in the [Mbooni](/source/Eastern_Province_(Kenya)) district of [Kenya](/source/Kenya).[5]

## Awards

Walters's works have won or been nominated for the following awards:

Book Award(s) Stars Silver Birch Award, 1997[6] Blue Heron Book Award, 1997[7] Children's Choice Award, Canadian Children's Book Centre[8] Trapped in Ice Silver Birch Award, 1997[9] CBC Choice Award, 1997[citation needed] Ruth Schwartz Award nomination, 1997[citation needed] War of the Eagles Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards - Children’s Picture Book, 1999[10] Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice commendation, 1998[10] Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award Honour Book commendation, 1998[10] Diamonds in the Rough CBC Choice Award, 1998[citation needed] Red Cedar Award nomination, 1998[citation needed] The Hydrofoil Mystery Canadian Library Association Honour Book designation, 1998[citation needed] Caged EagIes Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children shortlist, 2001[11] UNESCO Prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance nomination, 2003[11] Rebound Red Maple Award, 2002[12] Snow Willow Award, 2002[13] The Bully Boys CBC Choice Award, 2002[citation needed] Red Maple Award shortlist, 2002[14] Camp X Silver Birch Award, 2003[15] Arthur Ellis Award - Juvenile shortlist, 2003[15] Run Torgi Award, 2004[16] We All Fall Down Red Maple Winner, 2006[12] Shattered White Pine Winner, 2006[17] Safe as Houses Red Maple Winner, 2007[12] The Pole National Outdoor Book Award (Children's Category), 2008[18] The King of Jam Sandwiches Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature, 2020[19]

## Published works

### Fiction

- *Stand Your Ground* (Fitzhenry & Whiteside 1994)
- *Stars* (Fitzhenry & Whiteside 1996)
- *Trapped in Ice* (Penguin 1997)
- *War of the Eagles* (Orca 1998)
- *Diamonds in the Rough* (Fitzhenry & Whiteside 1998)
- *[The Hydrofoil Mystery](/source/The_Hydrofoil_Mystery)* (Penguin 1999)
- *Caged Eagles* (Orca 2000)
- *Rebound* (Stoddart 2000)
- *The Bully Boys* (Penguin 2000)
- *Northern Exposures* (HarperCollins 2001)
- *Camp X* (Penguin 2002)
- *Ricky* (HarperCollins 2002)
- *Tiger Town* (Dundurn 2003)
- *Run* (Penguin 2003)
- *Overdrive* (Orca 2004)
- *Grind* (Orca 2004)
- *Death by Exposure* (Dundurn 2004)
- *Underdog* (Orca 2004)
- *I've Got An Idea* (HarperCollins 2004)
- *The True Story of Santa Claus* (2005)
- *Juice* (Orca 2005)
- *[Elixir](/source/Elixir_(novel_by_Eric_Walters))* (Penguin 2005)
- *Triple Threat* (Orca 2005)
- *Stuffed* (Orca 2006)
- *Laggan Lard Butts* (Orca 2006)
- *[We All Fall Down](/source/We_All_Fall_Down_(Eric_Walters_novel))* (Doubleday 2006)
- *[Shattered](/source/Shattered_(Eric_Walters_Novel))* (Penguin 2006)
- *House Party* (Orca 2007)
- *Bifocal* (Fitzhenry & Whiteside 2007)
- *Safe as Houses* (Doubleday 2007)
- *Tiger Trap* (Dundurn 2007)
- *Sketches* (Penguin 2007)
- *Boot Camp* (Orca 2007)
- *The Falls* (Penguin 2008)
- *In A Flash* (Orca 2008)
- *When Elephants Fight* (Orca, 2008)
- *Voyageur* (Penguin, 2008)
- *The Pole* (Penguin 2008)
- *Splat!* (Orca 2008)
- *Alexandria of Africa* (Doubleday 2008)
- *Special Edward* (Orca, 2009)
- *Black & White* (Penguin, 2009)
- *Tell Me Why* (Doubleday, 2009)
- *Wounded* (Penguin, 2009)
- *[United We Stand](/source/United_We_Stand_(novel))* (Doubleday, 2009)
- *Shell Shocked* (Penguin, 2009)
- *Wave* (Doubleday, 2009)
- *Beverly Hills Maasai* (Doubleday, 2010)
- *Branded* (Orca, 2010)
- *Trouble in Paradise* (Penguin, 2010)
- *Home Team* (Orca, 2010)
- *Fly Boy* (Penguin, 2010)
- *Shaken* (Doubleday, January 2011)
- *Catboy* (Orca, September 2011)
- *Just Deserts* (Penguin, September 2011)
- *Between Heaven and Earth* (2012)
- *The Matato Ride* (Spring 2012)
- *The Taming* (Spring 2012) with [Teresa Toten](/source/Teresa_Toten)
- *End of Days* (Doubleday, September 2012)
- *Power Play* (Spring 2013)
- *Tagged* (Fall 2013)
- *My Name is Blessing* (Fall 2013)
- *The Rule of Three* (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, January 2014)
- *Walking Home* (Doubleday, 2014)
- *Saving Sammy* (Orca 2014)
- *The Power of Three* (Razorbill 2014)
- *Sleeper* (Orca 2014)
- *Hope Springs* (Tundra, September 2014)
- *Regenesis* (Doubleday Canada 2015)
- *The Fight of Power* (Razorbill 2015)
- *The Will to Survive* (Razorbill 2016)
- *90 Days of Different* (Orca 2017)
- *Always With You* (Nimbus Publishing, 2019)
- *The Boy Who Moved Christmas* (Nimbus Publishing, 2020)
- *Don't Stand So Close to Me* (Orca 2020)
- *[The King of Jam Sandwiches](/source/The_King_of_Jam_Sandwiches)* (Orca 2020)
- *Bear in the Family* (Orca 2022)

### Non-fiction

- *Improve Your Child's Spelling 1* (1991) (with Norm Rippon)
- *Improve Your Child's Spelling 2* (1993) (with Norm Rippon)
- *When Elephants Fight* (2008) (with Adrian Bradbury)
- *Tell Me Why* (2009)
- *From the Heart of Africa: a Book of Wisdom* (2018)

## References

1. ["Eric Walters"](https://www.orcabook.com/ContributorInfo?ContribId=514). *Orca Book Publishers*. Retrieved 2026-01-16.

1. Medley, Mark (2014-01-31). ["Eric Walters: The hardest-working writer in Canada"](https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/books/eric-walters-the-hardest-working-writer-in-canada). *National Post*. Retrieved 6 April 2019.

1. Gardner, Suzanne (2012-03-11). ["Eric Walters"](https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/eric-walters). *The Canadian Encyclopedia*. Retrieved 2026-01-16.

1. ["About"](https://www.ericwalters.net/about/). *Eric Walters*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140118100520/https://www.ericwalters.net/about/) 2014-01-18 at the Wayback Machine.

1. ["Home"](http://creationofhope.com/). *Creation of Hope*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20111110200643/http://creationofhope.com/) 2011-11-10 at the Wayback Machine.

1. ["OLA: Silver Birch Award: 1997"](https://www.canadianauthors.net/awards/ola/silver_birch_award/silver_birch_1997/). *Canadian Books & Authors*. Retrieved 2026-01-16.

1. ["Research Guides: Forest of Reading®, K to 6 Programs: Silver Birch Fiction Nominees, 1997"](https://guides.library.queensu.ca/pj-forest/sbfiction/1997). Queens University Library Research Guides. Retrieved 2026-01-16.

1. Walters, Eric (1996). [*Stars*](https://books.google.com/books?id=zM8OAAAACAAJ). Stoddart. ISBN 978-0-7736-7447-9.

1. ["1990s Canadian Literary Awards"](https://www.canadianauthors.net/awards/years/1990s/). *Canadian Books & Authors*. Retrieved 2026-01-16.

1. ["War of the Eagles"](https://www.orcabook.com/War-of-the-Eagles). *Orca Book Publishers*. Retrieved 2026-01-16.

1. ["Caged Eagles"](https://www.orcabook.com/Caged-Eagles). *Orca Book Publishers*. Retrieved 2026-01-16.

1. ["Research Guides: Forest of Reading®, 7 to 12 Programs: Red Maple Winners & Nominees, 1998-2026"](https://guides.library.queensu.ca/is-forest/red-maple). *Queens University Library Research Guides*. Retrieved 2026-01-16.

1. ["2002"](https://willowawards.ca/previous-years/2002/). *Willow Awards*. Retrieved 2026-01-16.

1. ["OLA: Red Maple Award: 2002"](https://www.canadianauthors.net/awards/ola/red_maple_award/red_maple_2002/). *Canadian Books & Authors*. Retrieved 2026-01-16.

1. ["Camp X by Eric Walters"](https://www.canadianauthors.net/w/walters_eric/camp_x.php). *Canadian Books & Authors*

1. Berry, David (2020-02-11). ["Run"](https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/run). *The Canadian Encyclopedia*. Retrieved 2026-01-16.

1. Berry, David (2020-02-21). ["Shattered"](https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/shattered). *The Canadian Encyclopedia*. Retrieved 2026-01-16.

1. ["National Outdoor Book Award"](https://nvcl.bibliocommons.com/awards/show/89083_national_outdoor_book_award?distinction_year=2008&distinction_category=Children%27s). *North Vancouver City Library*. Retrieved 2026-01-16.

1. ["THE KING OF JAM SANDWICHES by Eric Walters Wins the 2020 Governor General's Award for Young People's Literature!"](https://transatlanticagency.com/2021/06/01/the-king-of-jam-sandwiches-by-eric-walters-wins-the-2020-governor-generals-award-for-young-peoples-literature/). *Transatlantic Agency*. 2021-06-01. Retrieved 2026-01-16.

## External links

- [*Canadian Review of Materials* profile of Walters by Dave Jenkinson](https://web.archive.org/web/20080917033511/http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/profiles/walters.html)
- [Creation of Hope / Hope Story official website](https://hopestory.ca)

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