Jonathan Auxier
{{short description|Canadian writer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}}
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| image = Jonathan Auxier wins the 2015 Silver Birch Fiction Award (cropped).jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|08|10}}{{cite interview |url=http://www.literaryrambles.com/2011/08/jonathan-auxier-interview-and-book.html |title=Jonathan auxier interview and book giveaway |subject=Jonathan Auxier |interviewer=Natalie Aguirre |date=August 10, 2011 |website=Literary Rambles |accessdate= March 16, 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://nationalpost.com/afterword/at-the-kids-table-jonathan-auxier-recalls-classic-childrens-tales |title=At the kids' table: Jonathan Auxier's debut recalls classic children's tales |author=Medley, Mark |date=August 26, 2011 |newspaper=National Post |accessdate= March 16, 2019}}
| birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia
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| occupation = young adult novelist
| period = 2000s–present
| nationality = Canadian
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Jonathan Auxier (born August 10, 1981) is a Canadian-born writer of young adult literature.
Biography
Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,{{cite interview |url=https://www.wired.com/2011/10/wordstock-interview-jonathan-auxier/ |title=Wordstock Interview: Jonathan Auxier |subject=Jonathan Auxier |interviewer=Jonathan H. Liu |work=Wired|date=October 12, 2011}} he currently lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US with his wife. He earned a BA from Trinity Western University in 2003{{cite web |url=https://twualumni.org/blog/jonathan-auxier/ |title=Better know a word-writing man alum: Jonathan Auxier |author=Schlecker, Brady |date=May 16, 2016 |website=TWU Alumni Stories & News |accessdate=March 16, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323224100/https://twualumni.org/blog/jonathan-auxier/ |url-status=dead }} and a MFA in Dramatic Writing from Carnegie Mellon University in 2005.{{cite web |url=http://rhaliterary.com/clients/jonathan-auxier |title=Jonathan Auxier |publisher=Regal & Hoffman Literary Agents |accessdate=March 16, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323224058/http://rhaliterary.com/clients/jonathan-auxier |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=https://www.cmu.edu/homepage/creativity/2012/summer/peter-nimble.shtml |title=Peter Nimble |publisher=Carnegie Mellon University |accessdate=March 16, 2019}} 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. He has three daughters, the youngest of whom has Down's Syndrome.{{Cite book |url=https://share.libbyapp.com/title/4265525 |title=Sweep |date=2018-09-25 |isbn=978-1-68335-406-2}}
Awards
Auxier won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award{{cite news |url=http://www.quillandquire.com/book-news/2015/11/18/jonathan-auxier-wins-big-at-ccbc-book-awards/ |title=Jonathan Auxier wins big at CCBC Book Awards |author=Cerny, Dory |work=Quill & Quire |date=November 18, 2015}} and the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award{{cite news |url=http://www.quillandquire.com/childrens-publishing/2015/04/22/groundwood-books-picks-up-two-canadian-library-association-awards/ |title=Groundwood Books picks up two Canadian Library Association awards |author=Cerny, Dory |work=Quill & Quire |date=April 2, 2015}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/governor-general-finalists-unveiled/article20959928/ |title=Governor-General Literary Awards finalists unveiled |author=Medley, Mark |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=October 7, 2014}}
He won the Governor General's Award at the 2018 Governor General's Awards for Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster.{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2018/10/30/book-about-campus-rape-and-an-indigenous-memoir-win-25000-governor-generals-literary-award.html |title=Book about campus rape and an Indigenous memoir win $25,000 Governor General's Literary Award |author=Dundas, Deborah |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=October 30, 2018}} Sweep also won the Children's/YA prize at the 2019 Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/anne-michaels-among-winners-for-10k-vine-awards-for-jewish-canadian-literature-1.5332334 |title=Anne Michaels among winners for $10K Vine Awards for Jewish Canadian literature |author=Balser, Erin |website=CBC Books |date=October 23, 2019}}
Bibliography
;Standalone works
- {{cite book |url=https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/night-gardener_9781419711442/ |title=The Night Gardener |date=May 20, 2014 |author=Auxier, Jonathan |author-mask=— |publisher=Amulet Books |isbn=978-1-4197-1144-2 |accessdate=March 16, 2019}}
- {{cite book |url=https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/sweep_9781419731402/ |title=Sweep: The Story of a Girl and her Monster |date=September 25, 2018 |author=Auxier, Jonathan |author-mask=— |publisher=Amulet Books |isbn=978-1-4197-3140-2 |accessdate=March 16, 2019}}
;Peter Nimble series
- {{cite book |url=https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/peter-nimble-and-his-fantastic-eyes_9781419700255/ |title=Peter Nimble and his Fantastic Eyes |date=August 1, 2011 |author=Auxier, Jonathan |author-mask=— |publisher=Amulet Books |isbn=978-1-4197-0025-5 |accessdate= March 16, 2019}}
- {{cite book |url=https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/sophie-quire-and-the-last-storyguard_9781419717475/ |title=Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard |date=April 5, 2016 |author=Auxier, Jonathan |author-mask=— |publisher=Amulet Books |isbn=978-1-4197-1747-5 |accessdate= March 16, 2019}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.thescop.com/}}
- {{cite interview |url=https://www.lifeofdad.com/jonathan-auxier-my-life-of-dad/ |title=Jonathan Auxier – My Life of Dad |interviewer=Art Eddy |subject=Jonathan Auxier |date=October 31, 2016 |website=Life of Dad |accessdate= March 16, 2019}}
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Category:21st-century Canadian novelists
Category:Canadian male novelists
Category:Canadian expatriate writers in the United States
Category:Novelists from Vancouver
Category:Writers from Pittsburgh
Category:Canadian writers of young adult literature
Category:21st-century Canadian male writers
Category:Governor General's Award–winning children's writers