Gary Clement (born July 1959) is a Canadian artist, illustrator and writer living in

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, Ontario. Clement is the daily political cartoonist for Canada's ''

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'' in Toronto since the newspaper's launch in 1998. His illustration work has appeared in magazines and newspapers including ''Mother Jones'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''The New York Times'', ''Time'', ''The Guardian'', and ''The National'' (Abu Dhabi). His work has been selected for ''American Illustration'' on numerous occasions. His second children's picture book, ''The Great Poochini'', received the

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for Children's Literature Illustration in 1999. In 2007 one of his cartoons was a Top 10 selection by ''Time'' and his work has frequently appeared in ''The Sunday New York Times Week in Review'' section. He was nominated for the Governor General's Award for the books "Just Stay Put", which he also wrote, and "Oy Feh So?" written by Cary Fagan. He has illustrated children's books by a number of other writers. Clement also paints and draws. His art is represented in Toronto by Dianna Witte Gallery. https://diannawitte.com/artists.php

Selected works

;As writer and illustrator * ''Just Stay Put: A Chelm Story (Folk & Fairytales)'', ( Groundwood Books, 1996) – finalist, Governor General's Award for Illustration * ''The Great Poochini'', (Groundwood, 1999) – winner, Governor General's Award for Children's Book Illustration * "Swimming, Swimming" (Groundwood, 2015) ;As illustrator only * ''Get Growing!: How the Earth Feeds Us'', (Groundwood, 1991), by

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* ''Stories from Adam and Eve to Ezekiel: Retold from the Bible'', (Groundwood, 2004), by Celia Barker Lottridge * ''One-Eye! Two-Eyes! Three-Eyes!: A Very Grimm Fairy Tale'', (

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, 2006), by Aaron Shepard * ''Ten Old Men and a Mouse'', (

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, 2007), by

Cary Fagan Cary Fagan (born 1957) is a Canadian writer of novels, short stories, and children's books. His novel, ''The Student,'' was a finalist for the Toronto Book Award and the Governor General's Literary Award. Previously a short-story collection, ''My ...

* ''A Coyote Solstice Tale'', (Groundwood, 2009), by Thomas King * "Oy Feh So?", (Groundwood, 2013) by Cary Fagan * "The Hockey Song", (Greystone Books), by Stompin' Tom Connors * "My Winter City"' (Groundwood, 2019) by James Gladstone

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Clement, Gary 1959 births Canadian children's book illustrators Canadian editorial cartoonists Governor General's Award-winning children's illustrators Artists from Toronto Living people Date of birth missing (living people)