Martyn Godfrey

Martyn Godfrey (April 17,1949—2000) was an English-Canadian author of children's fantasy and science fiction books. Born in Birmingham, England, he moved to Toronto, Ontario when he was eight. Godfrey graduated from university in 1974 with a teaching degree.

Godfrey began writing children's stories in the 1980s. In 1989, he was the Edmonton Public Library’s writer-in-residence, and that same year won the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young Readers Award for his book, Mystery in the Frozen Lands.^[1] He became one of Canada's most popular and prolific children's writers. He went on to sell millions of books, both in Canada and throughout the rest of the world.^{[citation needed]}

In 2000, he died suddenly of a heart attack.^[2] After his death, the Young Alberta Book Association began presenting an annual Martyn Godfrey Young Writers Award in his name.^[3]

Novels

• The Vandarian Incident (1981)
• The Day the Sky Exploded (1981)
• Alien Wargames (1984)
• Spin Out (1984)
• The Beast (1984)
• Fire! Fire! (1985)
• Ice Hawk (1985)
• The Last War (1986)
• Plan B Is Total Panic (1986)
• Do You Want Fries With That? (1986)
• Rebel Yell (1987)
• It Seemed Like A Good Idea at the Time (1987)
• More Than Weird (1987)
• Wild Night (1987)
• Baseball Crazy (1987)
• Mystery in the Frozen Lands (1988)
• Why Just Me? (1989)
• Just Call Me Boom Boom (1994)
• Meet You in the Sewer ( )
• There's a Cow in My Swimming Pool ( )
• The Great Science Fair Disaster ( )
• The Jaws Mob series ( )
• Ms. Teeny-Wonderful Series:

1. Here She Is, Ms. Teeny Wonderful! (1984)
2. It Isn't Easy Being Ms. Teeny Wonderful (1987)
3. Send in Ms Teeny-Wonderful (1988)
4. Wally Stutzgummer, Super Bad Dude (1992)

• Please Remove Your Elbow From My Ear (1993)
• Mall-Rats (1995)
• The Things (1995)
• Don't Worry About Me, I'm Just Crazy (1995)

References

1. ^ http://www.shelfari.com/books/130159/Mystery-in-the-Frozen-Lands
2. ^ http://www.boomerdeathcounter.com/baby_boomer/bb_8874.html
3. ^ Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association, "Martyn Godfrey Young Writers Award"

External links

• trackO.com
• famopusalbertans
• fantasticfiction

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Name	Godfrey, Martyn
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Date of birth	1949
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Date of death	Category:People_from_Edmonton
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