David Boyd (author)
{{Short description|Canadian author}}
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| birth_place = St. Stephen, New Brunswick
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| nationality = Canadian
| genre = Children's, YA, Adult Historical Fiction
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David Boyd (born March 7, 1951) is a Canadian author residing in St. Stephen, New Brunswick. He is a retired English and Media teacher at Appleby College. He writes a historical fiction series on World War II, "The Reflecting Man," for adults as D.K.R. Boyd. and for children/YA readers as David Boyd. As a playwright, Boyd adapted Shakespeare's Macbeth to create Macbeth: A Multimedia Event (1995) and Julius Caesar to create Caesar: A Multimedia Event (2005). In 1996, his Young Adult novel Bottom Drawer was nominated for a Governor General's Award. He also writes dystopian fiction under the pseudonym of David Collins. He is the brother of economist Dr. Lorraine Eden.
Bibliography
- The Face in the Flames – 1989, reprinted 1998
- Spellbound! – 1990, reprinted 1998
- The Danger Beneath – 1990, reprinted 1998
- Earthwatch – 1990, reprinted 1998
- Looking for a Hero – 1993; e-book edition 2013
- Champlain Summer – 1993
- Bottom Drawer – 1996 (Nominated for a Governor General's Award); e-book edition 2013
- On The Lines: The Adventures of a Linesman in the N.H.L. (co-authored with Ron Finn) – 1993
- Leonardo’s Wings – 2005; e-book edition June 2013
- Little Sure Shot – 2005; e-book edition June 2013
- Khan of Khans – 2005; e-book edition June 2013
- Marco Polo and the Roc – 2006
- The Hidden Message – 2006
- Pearl Harbor – 2006
- Beware the Vikings – 2006
- Napoleon's Land Stand – 2006
- Hannibal – 2006
- Pearl of the Tsars – 2007
- Battle of Queenston Heights – 2007
- Closer To Hamlet – 2010
- Aftermath – 2010 (eBook edition); 2020 - KDP edition
- Runner – 2010 (eBook edition); 2020 - KDP edition
- The Grief Team – (as David Collins) – March 2013 (Kindle edition)
- My Mom Always Yells Too Loud in the Arena and Other Poems about Hockey – April 2013 (Apple iBook edition)
- Suleyman's Library – e-book edition June 2013
- Good Queen Bess – e-book edition June 2013
- Heart Of A Lion – e-book edition June 2013
- The Reflecting Man: Volume One – trade paperback and e-book edition July 2013
- The Reflecting Man: Volume Two – trade paperback and e-book edition April 2015
- The Reflecting Man: Volume Three – trade paperback and e-book edition May 2017
- The Reflecting Man: Volume Four – trade paperback and e-book edition April 2020
- The Reflecting Man: Volume Five - trade paperback and e-book edition April 2024
References
- http://www.davidboyd.ca/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071028144801/http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/profiles/boyd.html
- http://www.appleby.on.ca/page.cfm?p=2347
- https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/pmate-ppmee.nsf/eng/wz00593.html
- http://www.independentauthornetwork.com/dkr-boyd.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170423151910/http://www.fox8live.com/story/35182074/critically-acclaimed-author-dkr-boyd-continues-page-turning-historical-fiction-series
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071028144801/http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/profiles/boyd.html
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Category:Canadian children's writers
Category:Writers from New Brunswick