Martyn Godfrey
{{Short description|English-Canadian author (1949–2000)}}
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{{Infobox writer
| birth_date = April 17, 1949
| death_date = {{death date and age|2000|03|10|1949|04|17}}
| nationality = English-Canadian
| birth_place = Birmingham, England
| education = University of Alberta (1974)
| occupation = Author
| genre = Children's fantasy and science fiction
}}
Martyn Godfrey (April 17, 1949 — March 10, 2000) was an English-Canadian author of children's fantasy and science fiction books. Born in Birmingham, England, he moved to Toronto, Ontario when he was eight. Godfrey graduated from University of Alberta in 1974 with a teacher education degree.
Godfrey began writing children's stories in the 1980s. In 1989, he was the Edmonton Public Library's writer-in-residence, and that same year won the Geoffrey Bilson Award for his book, Mystery in the Frozen Lands. He became one of Canada's most popular and prolific children's writers. He went on to sell millions of books, both in Canada and throughout the rest of the world.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}
In 2000, he died of complications due to liver disease.{{Cite web|url=http://www.boomerdeathcounter.com/baby_boomer/bb_8874.html|title = よく下調べをしたうえで依頼 水道業者の仕事とは 大切なトイレを掃除する}} After his death, the Young Alberta Book Society began presenting an annual Martyn Godfrey Young Writers Award in his name.
Novels
- The Vandarian Incident (1981)
- The Day the Sky Exploded (1981)
- Alien Wargames (1984)
- Spin Out (1984)
- The Beast (1984)
- Fire! Fire! (1985)
- Ice Hawk (1985)
- The Last War (1986)
- Plan B Is Total Panic (1986)
- Do You Want Fries With That? (1986)
- Rebel Yell (1987)
- It Seemed Like A Good Idea at the Time (1987)
- More Than Weird (1987)
- Wild Night (1987)
- Baseball Crazy (1987)
- Mystery in the Frozen Lands (1988){{Cite web |last=Dean |first=Kara |date=2015-12-03 |title=Mystery in the Frozen Lands |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/products/7534104 |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Booklist}}
- Why Just Me? (1989)
- Can You Teach Me To Pick My Nose (1990)
- Just Call Me Boom Boom (1994)
- Meet You in the Sewer ( )
- There's a Cow in My Swimming Pool ( )
- The Great Science Fair Disaster ( )
- The Jaws Mob series ( )
- Ms. Teeny-Wonderful Series:
- Here She Is, Ms. Teeny Wonderful! (1984)
- It Isn't Easy Being Ms. Teeny Wonderful (1987)
- Send in Ms Teeny-Wonderful (1988)
- I Spent My Summer Vacation in Space (1990)
- Wally Stutzgummer, Super Bad Dude (1992)
- Please Remove Your Elbow From My Ear (1993)
- Mall-Rats (1995)
- The Things (1995)
- Don't Worry About Me, I'm Just Crazy (1995)
References
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External links
- [http://www.track0.com/ogwc/authors/godfrey_m.html TrackO.com]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110719045336/http://projects.cbe.ab.ca/ict/2learn/jcreid/famousalbertans/htmlfiles/albertans/godfrey.htm Famous Albertans]
- [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/g/martyn-godfrey/ fantasticfiction]
- [https://www.yabs.ab.ca/abcollection/martyn-godfrey-young-writers-award/ Martyn Godfrey Young Writers Award]
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Category:Writers from Birmingham, West Midlands
Category:Deaths from liver disease
Category:University of Alberta alumni
Category:Novelists from Toronto
Category:20th-century English short story writers
Category:Canadian male short story writers
Category:20th-century Canadian novelists
Category:20th-century Canadian short story writers
Category:Canadian children's writers
Category:Canadian male novelists
Category:Canadian fantasy writers
Category:Canadian science fiction writers
Category:20th-century Canadian male writers
Category:English male non-fiction writers