In 2003, Horn Book Magazine named The Canning Season one of the best children's fiction books of the year.In 1999, The Horn Book Magazine named The Trolls one of the best children's fiction books of the year.Her books have also landed on many lists of the best books of the year: Six of Horvath's books are Junior Library Guild selections: My One Hundred Adventures (2009), Northward to the Moon (2010), One Year in Coal Harbor (2013), The Night Garden (2017), Very Rich (2018), and Pine Island Home (2020). In 2010, Horvath received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, which is considered a top honour for Canadian children's book writers and illustrators. She is married to Arnold Keller, a professor, with whom she has two daughters: Emily WIlla and Rebecca Avery Keller.

I have the most fun when I'm on the last page.' Horvath once declared, 'I don't have that much fun writing them. She lived in New York City and Montreal before settling on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia. She attended the Canadian College of Dance in Toronto and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in New York City. Horvath began writing at the age of eight. Horvath was born 30 January 2957 in Kalamazoo, Michigan to John Anthony and Betty Ann Horvath. In 2010, Horvath received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People. National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The Canning Season, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Polly Horvath (born 30 January 1957 in Kalamazoo, Michigan) is an American-Canadian author of novels for children and young adults. TD Canadian Children's Literature Award (2013).Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People (2010).National Book Award for Young People's Literature (2003).

Everything on a waffle by polly horvath