Marthe Jocelyn

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Marthe Jocelyn
Born1956 (age 67–68)
Toronto, Canada
Notable awards
SpouseTom Slaughter
Children2
Website
marthejocelyn.com

Marthe Jocelyn (born 1956) [1] is a Canadian writer of over forty children's books. [2] [3] In 2009, she received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, an honour bestowed by the Writers' Trust of Canada to a writer or illustrator whose body of work has been "inspirational to Canadian youth". [4] [5]

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Biography

Jocelyn was born in 1956 in Toronto and was raised in Stratford, Ontario. [1] As a teenager, she attended a boarding school in Great Britain. After living in various areas, she settled in New York City, [1] where she lived for thirty years before returning to Stratford. [6]

She is married to Tom Slaughter and has two daughters: Hannah and Nell. [1] Tom and Nell have contributed illustrations to a number of her children's books.

Aside from writing, Jocelyn owned Jesse Design, a "toy and clothing design firm", for fifteen years. [1]

Awards and honors

In 2009, Jocelyn received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, [5] [7] an honour bestowed by the Writers' Trust of Canada to a writer or illustrator whose body of work has been "inspirational to Canadian youth". [4]

Five of Jocelyn's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Earthly Astonishments (2000), [8] Mable Riley (2004), [9] Folly (2010), [10] The Body under the Piano (2020), [11] and Peril at Owl Park (2021). [12] Two of her books have been included on USBBY's Outstanding International Books List: Would You (2009) [13] and Sam Sorts (2018). [14]

In 2007, the Toronto Public Library included Eats on their "list of the top 10 books of 2007 for children under the age of five". [15] The same year, School Library Journal named How It Happened in Peach Hill one of the best children's books of the year. [16]

Folly was named one of the Kirkus Reviews ' best books for teens in 2010, and Bank Street College of Education included it on their 2011 list of the best Historical Fiction for Children Ages 14+. [10]

Awards for Jocelyn's writing
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2000Hannah's Collections Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration Finalist
2005Mable Riley ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection [17]
TD Canadian Children's Literature Award Winner [18] [19] [20]
2008How It Happened in Peach Hill ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection [21] [22]
ALSC Notable Children's BooksSelection [23]
2010Which Way?INDIES Award for Picture Books (Children's)Finalist [24]
2011Scribbling WomenINDIES Award for Young Adult Nonfiction (Children's)Finalist [25]
2012 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-fictionFinalist [26]
2014Where Do You Look? Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award Finalist [27]
2015What We Hide Amy Mathers Teen Book Award Winner [28] [29]
2022The Dead Man in the Garden Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile Finalist [30]
2023The Seaside Corpse Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence for Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime BookShortlist [31]
Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile Winner [32] [33]

Selected texts

Standalone books

Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series

The Aggie Morton books are illustrated by Isabelle Follath.

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