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Jonathan Auxier
Occupationyoung adult novelist
NationalityCanadian
Period2000s-present
Notable worksThe Night Gardener

Jonathan Auxier is a Canadian-American writer of young adult literature, who won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award[1] and the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award[2] for his 2014 novel The Night Gardener. The book was also a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature at the 2014 Governor General's Awards.[3]

Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia,[4] he currently lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1]

He has also published the books Peter Nimble and his Fantastic Eyes (2011) and Sophie Quire and the Last StoryGuard (2016).[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Jonathan Auxier wins big at CCBC Book Awards". Quill & Quire, November 18, 2015.
  2. ^ "Groundwood Books picks up two Canadian Library Association awards". Quill & Quire, April 2, 2015.
  3. ^ "Governor-General Literary Awards finalists unveiled". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2014.
  4. ^ "Wordstock Interview: Jonathan Auxier". Wired, October 12, 2011.
  5. ^ "Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard". Quill & Quire, June 2016.


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