Jonathan Auxier | |
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 Auxier in 2015 | |
| Born | August 10, 1981 [1] [2] Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Occupation | young adult novelist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2000s–present |
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Jonathan Auxier (born August 10, 1981) is a Canadian-born writer of young adult literature.
Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, [3] he currently lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US with his wife. [4] He earned a BA from Trinity Western University in 2003 [5] and a MFA in Dramatic Writing from Carnegie Mellon University in 2005. [6] [7] During graduate school, Auxier worked on a side project to refresh his creativity which he would eventually develop into the novel Peter Nimble; after graduating, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in screenwriting. [5]
Auxier won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award [4] and the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award [8] for his 2014 novel The Night Gardener. The book was also a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature at the 2014 Governor General's Awards. [9]
He won the Governor General's Award at the 2018 Governor General's Awards for Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster . [10] Sweep also won the Children's/YA prize at the 2019 Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature. [11]
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