Tim Wynne-Jones, (born 12 August 1948) is an English–Canadian author of
children's literature, 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.
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Biography
Born on August 12, 1948 in Bromborough, Cheshire, Great Britain, Wynne-Jones emigrated to Canada in 1952, and was raised in British Columbia and Ontario. He currently lives in Perth, Ontario.
Wynne-Jones was educated at the University of Waterloo and Yale University, after having graduated from Ridgemont High School in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. An additional formative experience was his participation in the St Matthew's Anglican Church
ST, St, or St. may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Stanza, in poetry
* Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band
* Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise
* Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy ...
choir of men and boys, of which he was for a time the Head Chorister. He is a faculty member at Vermont College of Fine Arts, 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 '' The Horn Book Magazine'' for children's fiction published in the U.S. (1995, 2011);[ three Governor General's Literary Awards in Canada (1993, 1995, 2009);]
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
''Mischief City'' is a short-lived Canadian animated children's show based on the book of the same name by Tim Wynne-Jones. It follows the adventures of eight-year-old Winchell Adams in the extraordinary world of Mischief City. While in this fant ...
'' - 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'' - 2000 ( Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel, 2002)
*''A Midwinter Night's Dream'' - 2003 (Libretto, commissioned by the Canadian Children's Opera Chorus)
*''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"]
CBC Books, 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 CBC Radio's '' Nightfall'' - 1982
*"The Road Ends at the Sea" for CBC Radio's '' Nightfall'' - 1982
*"The Strange Odyssey of Lennis Freed" for CBC Radio'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, ''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
The Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, colloquially called the Vicky, is given annually at the Writers' Trust Awards to a writer or illustrator whose body of work has been "inspirational to Canadian youth". It is a top honour for ...
* 1998 - Canadian Library Association Children's Book of the Year
* 2001 - Arthur Ellis Award, Best Juvenile Crime Book, ''The Boy in the Burning House''
* 2002 - Edgar Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City. Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), a pioneer in the genre, the awards honor the bes ...
for Best Young Adult book, ''The Boy in the Burning House''
* 2009 - Governor General's Award for English language children's literature, ''The Uninvited''["Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards Winners and Honor Books 1967 to present"]
. The Horn Book. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
References
See also
* List of University of Waterloo people
External links
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"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
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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