- David Boyd (author)
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David Boyd Born 7 March 1951
St. Stephen, New BrunswickOccupation Author Nationality Canada Genres Children's Literature
davidboyd.ca/DAVID BOYD/Welcome.htmlDavid Boyd (born March 7, 1951) is a Canadian children's author residing in St. Stephen, New Brunswick. He is a retired English and Media teacher at Appleby College (high school). Boyd is also a historical fiction novelist, and a playwright, having adapted Shakespeare's Macbeth to create Macbeth: A Multimedia Event (1995) and Shakespeare's Julius Caesar to create Caesar: A Multimedia Event (2005). In 1996, his work Bottom Drawer was nominated for a Governor General's Award.
Works:
- The Face in the Flames - 1989, reprinted 1998
- Spellbound! - 1990, reprinted 1998
- The Danger Beneath - 1990, reprinted 1998
- Earthwatch - 1990, reprinted 1998
- Looking for a Hero - 1993
- Champlain Summer - 1993
- Bottom Drawer - 1996 (Nominated for a Governor General's Award)
- On The Lines: The Adventures of a Linesman in the N.H.L. (co-authored with Ron Finn) - 1993
- Leonardo’s Wings - 2005
- Little Sure Shot - 2005
- Khan of Khans - 2005
- Marco Polo and the Roc - 2006
- The Hidden Message - 2006
- Pearl Harbor - 2006
- Beware the Vikings - 2006
- Napoleon's Land Stand - 2006
- Hannibal - 2006
- Pearl of the Tsars - 2007
- Battle of Queenston Heights - 2007
- Closer To Hamlet - 2010
- Aftermath - 2010 (eBook edition)
- Runner - 2010 (eBook edition)
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Categories:- Canadian children's writers
- Living people
- Writers from New Brunswick
- People from Charlotte County, New Brunswick
- 1951 births
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