Jonathan Auxier (born August 10, 1981) is a Canadian-born writer of young adult literature.
Jonathan Auxier | |
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Born | [1][2] Vancouver, British Columbia | August 10, 1981
Occupation | young adult novelist |
Nationality | Canadian |
Period | 2000s–present |
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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]