Tim Wynne-Jones, (born 12 August 1948) is an English–Canadian author of

children's literature Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...

, including picture books and novels for children and young adults, novels for adults, radio dramas, songs for the CBC/Jim Henson production ''Fraggle Rock'', as well as a children's musical and an opera libretto. For his contribution as a children's writer he was Canada's nominee for the biennial, international

Hans Christian Andersen Medal The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are two literary awards given by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), recognising one living author and one living illustrator for their "lasting contribution to children's literature". Th ...

in 2012.

Biography

Born on August 12, 1948 in Bromborough, Cheshire, Great Britain, Wynne-Jones emigrated to Canada in 1952, and was raised in

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and

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. He currently lives in

Perth, Ontario Perth is a town in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Tay River, southwest of Ottawa, and is the seat of Lanark County. History The town was established as a military settlement in 1816, shortly after the War of 1812. The settleme ...

. Wynne-Jones was educated at the

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and

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

, after having graduated from Ridgemont High School in

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, Canada. An additional formative experience was his participation in the St Matthew's Anglican Church choir of men and boys, of which he was for a time the Head Chorister. He is a faculty member at

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, teaching in the Writing for Children and Young Adults MFA program.

Writing

Tim Wynne-Jones' first book was ''Odd's End'' which is said to have been written over the space of five weeks while his wife was away. It was published By McClelland & Stewart in 1980 and won the $50,000 Seal First Novel Award. Since then, Wynne-Jones has written more than 20 books, including picture books, novels for children and young adults, as well as three novels for adults. His work has been widely reviewed and he has won several awards, including two Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards from ''

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'' for children's fiction published in the U.S. (1995, 2011); three Governor General's Literary Awards in Canada (1993, 1995, 2009); three Canadian Library Association Prizes; the Arthur Ellis Award from the

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(2001); and the Edgar Award for Young Adult Mystery from the

Mystery Writers of America Mystery Writers of America (MWA) is an organization of mystery and crime writers, based in New York City. The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday. It presents the Edgar Awa ...

(2002).

Works

Children's picture books

*''Madeline and Ermadillo'' - 1976 *''Zoom at Sea'' - 1983 *''Zoom Away'' - 1985 *''The Hour of the Frog'' - 1985 *''I'll Make You Small'' - 1986 *'' Mischief City'' - 1986 *''Architect of the Moon'' - 1988 (U.S. title: ''Builder of the Moon'') *''Zoom Upstream'' - 1992 *''The Last Piece of Sky'' - 1993 *''Mouse In the Manger'' - 1993 *''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' - 1996 *''Dracula'' - 1997 *''On Tumbledown Hill'' - 1998 *''Ned Mouse Breaks Away'' - 2002

Juvenile and Young adult fiction

*''Some of the Kinder Planets'' - 1993 *''Rosie Backstage'' - 1994 (with Amanda Lewis) *''The Book of Changes'' - 1994 *''The Maestro'' - 1995 (Australian title: ''The Flight of Burl Crow'', UK title ''The Survival Game'') *''Stephen Fair'' - 1998 *''Lord of the Fries and Other Stories'' - 1999 *''

The Boy in the Burning House ''The Boy in the Burning House'' is a young adult mystery novel by English-Canadian author Tim Wynne-Jones. It was first published in Canada in 2000 by Groundwood Books; the first American edition was published in 2001 by Farrar, Straus and Gi ...

'' - 2000 ( Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel, 2002) *''A Midwinter Night's Dream'' - 2003 (Libretto, commissioned by the

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) *''A Thief in the House of Memory'' - 2004 *''Rex Zero and the End of the World'' - 2007 *''Rex Zero, King of Nothing'' - 2008 *''The Uninvited'' - 2009 *''Rex Zero, the Great Pretender'' - 2010 *''Blink and Caution'' - 2011 *''The Emperor of Any Place'' - 2015 *'' War at the Snow White Motel and Other Stories'' - 2020"12 Canadian books coming out in May we can't wait to read"

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, May 5, 2020.

Adult fiction

*''Odd's End'' - 1980 *''The Knot'' - 1983 *''Fastyngange'' - 1988 (UK title: ''Voices'') *''SilabGarza'' - 2010

Co-Authored

*''Click'' - 2007

Radio plays

*"The Thinking Room" for

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's '' Nightfall'' - 1982 *"The Road Ends at the Sea" for

's '' Nightfall'' - 1982 *"The Strange Odyssey of Lennis Freed" for

's '' Nightfall'' - 1983

Awards

* 1980 - Seal First Novel Award, ''Odd's End'' * 1983 - Ruth Schwartz Award of The Canadian Book Sellers Association, ''Zoom at Sea'' * 1993 -

Governor General's Award for English language children's literature The Governor General's Award for English-language children's writing is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a children's book written in English. It is one of four children's book awards among the Governor Gen ...

, ''Some of the Kinder Planets'' * 1995 -

Boston Globe–Horn Book Award The Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards are a set of American literary awards conferred by ''The Boston Globe'' and ''The Horn Book Magazine'' annually from 1967. One book is recognized in each of four categories: Fiction and Poetry, Nonfiction, and P ...

for children's fiction, ''Some of the Kinder Planets'' * 1995 - Governor General's Award for English language children's literature, ''The Maestro'' * 1995 - Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year, ''The Maestro'' * 1997 - Vicky Metcalf Award * 1998 - Canadian Library Association Children's Book of the Year * 2001 -

Arthur Ellis Award The Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, formerly known as the Arthur Ellis Awards, are a group of Canadian literary awards, presented annually by the Crime Writers of Canada for the best Canadian crime and mystery writing published in th ...

, Best Juvenile Crime Book, ''The Boy in the Burning House'' * 2002 - Edgar Award for Best Young Adult book, ''The Boy in the Burning House'' * 2009 - Governor General's Award for English language children's literature, ''The Uninvited'' * 2011 - Officer of the

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"for his contributions to Canadian literature, notably as a writer of children's fiction". * 2011 - Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for children's fiction, ''Blink & Caution''"Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards Winners and Honor Books 1967 to present"
. The Horn Book. Retrieved 10 December 2013.

References

External links

*
"Tim Wynne-Jones", cm archive feature story
– Melanie Fogel, ''CM: A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People'' 16.6 (1988), University of Manitoba (archived 6 September 2001)

at BookReviewsAndMore.ca * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wynne-Jones, Tim 1948 births Living people Canadian children's writers Canadian male novelists Edgar Award winners Governor General's Award-winning children's writers Officers of the Order of Canada