Jonathan Auxier
Jonathan Auxier | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | young adult novelist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2000s-present |
| Notable works | The Night Gardener Peter Nimble and his Fantastic Eyes |
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
- ^ a b "Jonathan Auxier wins big at CCBC Book Awards". Quill & Quire, November 18, 2015.
- ^ "Groundwood Books picks up two Canadian Library Association awards". Quill & Quire, April 2, 2015.
- ^ "Governor-General Literary Awards finalists unveiled". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2014.
- ^ "Wordstock Interview: Jonathan Auxier". Wired, October 12, 2011.
- ^ "Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard". Quill & Quire, June 2016.
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