Tim Wynne-Jones

Tim Wynne-Jones (born 12 August, 1948) is an English–Canadian author of children's literature. His works include "Some of the Kinder Planets", "Mischief City" and "The Maestro". He has also written three adult novels.

Born in Cheshire, England, Wynne-Jones was raised in British Columbia and Ontario, educated at the University of Waterloo and York University. He currently lives in eastern Ontario. He is a faculty member at Vermont College of Fine Arts, teaching in the Writing for Children and Young Adults MFA program.

Bibliography

Children's picture books

*"Madeline and Ermadillo" - 1976
*"Zoom at Sea" - 1983
*"Zoom Away" - 1985
*"The Hour Of the Frog" - 1985
*"I'll Make You Small" - 1986
*"Mischief City" - 1986
*"Architect Of the Moon" - 1988 (U.S. title: "Builder of the Moon")
*"Zoom Upstream" - 1992
*"The Last Piece of Sky" - 1993
*"Mouse In the Manger" - 1993
*"The Hunchback of Notre Dame" - 1996
*"Dracula" - 1997
*"On Tumbledown Hill" - 1998
*"Ned Mouse Breaks Away" - 2002

Young adult fiction

*"Some of the Kinder Planets" - 1997
*"Rosie Backstage" - 1994 (with Amanda Lewis)
*"The Book of Changes" - 1994
*"The Maestro" - 1995 (Australian title: "The Flight of Burl Crow", UK title "The Survival Game")
*"Stephen Fair" - 1998
*"Lord of the Fries and Other Stories" - 1999
*"The Boy in the Burning House" - 2000 (Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel, 2002)
*"A Midwinter Night's Dream" - 2003 (Libretto, commissioned by the Canadian Children's Opera Chorus)
*"A Thief in the House of Memory" - 2004
*"Rex Zero and the End of the World" - 2006

Adult fiction

*"Odd's End" - 1980
*"The Knot" - 1983
*"Fastyngange" - 1988 (UK title: "Voices")

Co-Authored

*"Click" - 2007

Radio plays

*"The Thinking Room" for CBC Radio's " Nightfall" - 1982
*"The Road Ends at the Sea" for CBC Radio's " Nightfall" - 1982
*"The Strange Odyssey of Lennis Freed" for CBC Radio's " Nightfall" - 1983

Awards

* 1980 - Seal First Novel Award for "Odd's End"
* 1983 - Ruth Schwartz Award of The Canadian Book Sellers Association for "Zoom at Sea"
* 1993 - Governor General's Award for English language children's literature for "Some of the Kinder Planets"
* 1995 - Governor General's Award for English language children's literature for "The Maestro"
* 1995 - Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year for "The Maestro"
* 1997 - Vicky Metcalf Award
* 1998 - Canadian Library Association, Children's Book of the Year
* 2001 - Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime Book for "The Boy in the Burning House"
* 2002 - Edgar Award for Best Young Adult book for "The Boy in the Burning House"

External links

* [http://www.timwynne-jones.com Tim Wynne-Jones Official Website]
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTJ0020358 Tim Wynne-Jones's] entry in [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCESubjects&Params=J1 Youth Encyclopedia of Canada]

* [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/read-up-on-it/015020-6059-e.html Tim Wynne-Jones] Author profile at Library and Archives Canada
* [http://www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/cm/cmarchive/vol16no6/timwynnejones.html Tim Wynne-Jones] A 1988 article from "CM: A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People"