Tim Wynne-Jones,OC (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,[1] radio dramas, songs for the CBC/Jim Henson production Fraggle Rock,[2] as well as a children's musical and an opera libretto.[3]
For his contribution as a children's writer he was Canada's nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2012.[4]
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.
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.[8] It was published By McClelland & Stewart in 1980 and won the $50,000 Seal First Novel Award.[9] 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);[10] three Governor General's Literary Awards in Canada (1993, 1995, 2009);[11] three Canadian Library Association Prizes; the Arthur Ellis Award from the Crime Writers of Canada (2001);[12] and the Edgar Award for Young Adult Mystery from the Mystery Writers of America (2002).[13]
^"An Autobiographical Sketch"Archived November 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Tim Wynne-Jones. Retrieved 21 July 2015. "An autobiographical sketch that appears in Something About the Author, Volume 136, published by the Gale Group".
^"Tim Wynne-Jones". Vermont College of Fine Arts. Archived from the original on 5 December 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
^"Tim Wynne-Jones". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 3 April 2010. Modified 25 September 2002. Archived copy retrieved 21 July 2015. "This archived Web page remains online for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes."
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