Tim Wynne-Jones, (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, radio dramas, songs for the CBC/Jim Henson production Fraggle Rock, as well as a children's musical and an opera libretto.

For his contribution as a children's writer he was Canada's nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2012.

Biography 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.

Wynne-Jones was educated at the University of Waterloo and Yale University, after having graduated from Ridgemont High School in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada."Dates and Gigs" . Tim Wynne Jones (timwynne-jones.com). Retrieved 21 July 2015. An additional formative experience was his participation in the St Matthew's Anglican Church choir of men and boys, of which he was for a time the Head Chorister."An Autobiographical Sketch" . Tim Wynne-Jones. Retrieved 21 July 2015. "An autobiographical sketch that appears in Something About the Author, Volume 136, published by the Gale Group". He is a faculty member at Vermont College of Fine Arts, teaching in the Writing for Children and Young Adults MFA program.

Writing 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. Modified 25 September 2002. Archived copy retrieved 21 July 2015. "This archived Web page remains online for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes." It was published By McClelland & Stewart in 1980 and won the $50,000 Seal First Novel Award. 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); three Governor General's Literary Awards in Canada (1993, 1995, 2009); three Canadian Library Association Prizes; the Arthur Ellis Award from the Crime Writers of Canada (2001); and the Edgar Award for Young Adult Mystery from the Mystery Writers of America (2002).

Works

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

Juvenile and Young adult fiction Some of the Kinder Planets - 1993 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 - 2007 Rex Zero, King of Nothing - 2008 The Uninvited - 2009 Rex Zero, the Great Pretender - 2010 Blink and Caution - 2011 The Emperor of Any Place - 2015 War at the Snow White Motel and Other Stories - 2020"12 Canadian books coming out in May we can't wait to read". CBC Books, May 5, 2020.

Adult fiction Odd's End - 1980 The Knot - 1983 Fastyngange - 1988 (UK title: Voices) SilabGarza - 2010

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, Odd's End 1983 - Ruth Schwartz Award of The Canadian Book Sellers Association, Zoom at Sea 1993 - Governor General's Award for English language children's literature, Some of the Kinder Planets 1995 - Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for children's fiction, Some of the Kinder Planets 1995 - Governor General's Award for English language children's literature, The Maestro 1995 - Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year, The Maestro 1997 - Vicky Metcalf Award 1998 - Canadian Library Association Children's Book of the Year 2001 - Arthur Ellis Award, Best Juvenile Crime Book, The Boy in the Burning House 2002 - Edgar Award for Best Young Adult book, The Boy in the Burning House 2009 - Governor General's Award for English language children's literature, The Uninvited 2011 - Officer of the Order of Canada "for his contributions to Canadian literature, notably as a writer of children's fiction". 2011 - Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for children's fiction, Blink & Caution"Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards Winners and Honor Books 1967 to present" . The Horn Book. Retrieved 10 December 2013.

References

See also List of University of Waterloo people

External links

"Tim Wynne-Jones", cm archive feature story – Melanie Fogel, CM: A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People 16.6 (1988), University of Manitoba (archived 6 September 2001) 2011 interview at BookReviewsAndMore.ca