Kyo Maclear (born 1970) is a Canadian novelist and children's author. Maclear was born in England and moved to Canada at a young age. Her father is the journalist and documentary filmmaker Michael Maclear. She studied fine art and art history at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...

and also completed an M.A. in cultural studies at the

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in 1996.

Bibliography

Novels

* ''The Letter Opener''. Toronto: HarperCollins, 2007. Shortlisted for the 2007 Amazon.ca First Novel in Canada Award. * ''Stray Love''. Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, 2012.

Nonfiction

* ''Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation''. New York: Scribner, 2017. Winner of the 2018 Trillium Book Award

Children's literature

* ''Spork''. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2010. Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault. * ''Virginia Wolf.'' Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2012. Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault. * ''Mr. Flux''. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2013. Illustrated by Matte Stephens. * ''Julia Child''. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2014. Illustrated by Julie Morstad * ''The wish tree''. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2016. Illustrated by Chris Turnham. *''Operatic''. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2019. Illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler. * '' It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way''. HarperCollins, 2019. Illustrated by Julie Morstad.

References

External links

* http://www.kyomaclear.com/ * http://kyomaclearkids.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Maclear, Kyo Canadian people of British descent Canadian people of Japanese descent Canadian women novelists Canadian writers of Asian descent Canadian children's writers 1970 births Living people 21st-century Canadian novelists Canadian women children's writers 21st-century Canadian women writers