Kyo Maclear

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Kyo Maclear
BornKyo Iona Maclear
1970 (age 53–54)
Nationality Canadian
Alma mater
Notable worksUnearthing, Birds Art Life, Virginia Wolf, The Liszts, It Began with a Page
Website
kyomaclear.com

Kyo Maclear (born 1970) [1] is a Canadian novelist and children's author.

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Maclear was born in London, England and moved to Toronto, Canada at a young age. [2] Her father is journalist and documentary filmmaker Michael Maclear and her mother is Japanese artist and gallerist Yoko Maclear (nee Koide). She studied fine art and art history at the University of Toronto, completed a Master of Arts in cultural studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in 1996, and obtained a doctorate in environmental humanities and education at York University in 2018.

Awards and honors

Three of Maclear's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Bloom (2018), [3] Operatic (2019), [4] and It Began with a Page (2020). [5]

Four of her books have been included on lists of the best books of the year. In 2016, Shelf Awareness included The Liszts on their list of the best picture books of the year. [6] In 2019, Kirkus Reviews and the Chicago Public Library named It Began with a Page one of the best books of the year. [5] Booklist included it on their 2020 "Top 10 Biographies for Youth" [7] and "Top 10 Arts Books for Youth" [8] lists. In 2019, Booklist included Operatic on their "Top 10 Graphic Novels for Youth" [9] and "Top 10 Arts Books for Youth" [10] lists. In 2021, The Horn Book Magazine and Publishers Weekly [11] named The Big Bath House one of the best picture books of the year. [12]

Kumo the Bashful Cloud, illustrated by Nathalie Dion, won the 2023 Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration. [13]

In 2023, she was the winner of the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, a career achievement award for her body of work. [14]

Awards for Maclear's writing
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2018Birds Art Life Trillium Book Award Winner [15]
2008The Letter Opener Amazon.ca First Novel Award Finalist
2017Birds Art Life Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Shortlist [16]
2019Bloom Amelia Bloomer Book List Selection [17]
It Began With a Page Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for YouthSelection [18]
Operatic Cybils Award for Elementary and Middle Grade Graphic NovelFinalist [19]
2020 It Began With a Page ALSC Notable Children's BooksSelection [20] [21]
It Began With a Page Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Honor [22]
Operatic Forest of Reading Red Maple Award Finalist [23]
2021 It Began with a Page Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top 10 [24] [25]
2022The Big Bath House ALSC Notable Children's BooksSelection [26]
2023 Unearthing Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction Winner [27]

Bibliography

Novels

Nonfiction

Children's literature

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  2. ↑ "Kyo Maclear, Author". Kids Can Press. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli by Kyo Maclear". Junior Library Guild . Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  4. ↑ "Operatic by Kyo Maclear". Junior Library Guild . Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  5. 1 2 "It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Kyo Maclear". Junior Library Guild . Retrieved 2023-04-11.
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  28. ↑ Maclear, Kyo (2007). The Letter Opener . HarperCollins Canada. pp.  312. ISBN   9780002006071.
  29. ↑ Maclear, Kyo (2012). Stray Love. HarperCollins Canada. pp.  317. ISBN   9781443408592.
  30. ↑ Maclear, Kyo (2017). Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation. Scribner. p. 221. ISBN   9781501154201.
  31. ↑ Maclear, Kyo (2010). Spork. Kids Can Press. ISBN   978-1-55337-736-8.
  32. ↑ Maclear, Kyo (2012). Virginia Wolf. Kids Can Press. ISBN   978-1-55453-649-8.
  33. ↑ Maclear, Kyo (2013). Mr. Flux. Kids Can Press. ISBN   978-1-55453-781-5.
  34. ↑ Maclear, Kyo (2014). Julia Child. Tundra Books. ISBN   9781770494497.
  35. ↑ Maclear, Kyo (2016). The wish tree. San Francisco, California: Chronicle Books. ISBN   9781452150659.
  36. ↑ Maclear, Kyo, 1970- (April 2019). Operatic. Eggenschwiler, Byron. Toronto. ISBN   978-1-55498-972-0. OCLC   1049790029.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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