Shane Peacock (writer)

{{Infobox author

| birth_date ={{birth year and age|1957}}

| birth_place =Port Arthur, Canada

| image =Shane Peacock.jpg

| caption =Peacock on stage in Toronto

| occupation =Novelist, playwright, journalist, and television screenwriter

| notable_works =The Boy Sherlock Holmes

| awards ={{plainlist}}

| spouse =Sophie Kneisel

| children =3

| education ={{plainlist}}

Trent University (B.A., English and history)
University of Toronto, (M.A., literature)

| website ={{URL|shanepeacock.ca/}}

}}

Shane Peacock (born 1957 in Port Arthur, Ontario){{Cite web |title=Peacock, Shane 1957- |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/children/scholarly-magazines/peacock-shane-1957 |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Encyclopedia.com |archive-date=November 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117183401/https://www.encyclopedia.com/children/scholarly-magazines/peacock-shane-1957 |url-status=live }} is a Canadian novelist, playwright, journalist, and television screenwriter. He's best known for his Boy Sherlock Holmes series for young adults, which has been published in ten countries in twelve languages and has received and been nominated for numerous award. His plays have been produced by the 4th Line Theatre; his documentaries have included Team Spirit, aired on the CTV national network, and among his novels are Last Message, part of the Seven Series for young readers;{{cite web|url=http://orcabook.com/seven/|title=Seven Series|publisher=Orca Books|accessdate=December 6, 2017|archive-date=October 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005065448/http://orcabook.com/seven/|url-status=live}} Double You, its sequel; and Separated, its prequel. His crime novel series for adult readers, the Northern Gothic Mysteries, debuted in 2024 with As We Forgive Others, and the sequel A Place of Secrets appeared in 2025.

Biography

Peacock was born in 1957, in Port Arthur, Ontario. He received a Bachelor of Arts in English and history from Trent University and a Master of Arts in literature from the University of Toronto.

He is married to Sophie Kneisel and has three children.

Awards and honours

Seven of Peacock's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Eye Of The Crow (2007),{{Cite web |title=Eye Of The Crow: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His First Case by Shane Peacock |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9780887768504J&name=Eye_of_The_Crow |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Junior Library Guild}} Death in the Air (2008),{{Cite web |title=Death in the Air: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His 2nd Case by Shane Peacock |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=97800887768514J&name=Death_in_the_Air |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Junior Library Guild}} Vanishing Girl (2009),{{Cite web |title=Vanishing Girl: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His 3rd Case by Shane Peacock |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781770491991J&name=Vanishing_Girl |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Junior Library Guild}} The Secret Fiend (2010),{{Cite web |title=The Secret Fiend: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His 4th Case by Shane Peacock |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9780887768538J&name=Secret_Fiend |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Junior Library Guild}} The Dragon Turn (2011),{{Cite web |title=The Dragon Turn: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Fifth Case by Shane Peacock |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781770493575J&name=Dragon_Turn |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Junior Library Guild}} Becoming Holmes (2013),{{Cite web |title=Becoming Holmes: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Final Case by Shane Peacock |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781770495197J&name=Becoming_Holmes |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Junior Library Guild}} and The Artist and Me (2016).{{Cite web |title=The Artist and Me by Shane Peacock |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781771471381J&name=Artist_and_Me |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Junior Library Guild}}

In 2016, Kirkus Reviews included The Artist and Me on its list of the best picture books of the year.{{Cite web |title=Best of 2016 |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/best-of/2016/picture-books/books/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}

In 2017, CBC Books included Eye of the Crow on their list of "100 young adult books that make you proud to be Canadian."{{Cite web |date=2017-12-04 |title=100 young adult books that make you proud to be Canadian |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/100-young-adult-books-that-make-you-proud-to-be-canadian-1.4197577 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=CBC Books |archive-date=March 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313223731/https://www.cbc.ca/books/100-young-adult-books-that-make-you-proud-to-be-canadian-1.4197577 |url-status=live }}

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|+Awards for Peacock's writing

!Year

!Title

!Award

!Result

!Ref.

2007

|Eye Of The Crow

|INDIES Award for Juvenile Fiction (Children's)

|Winner (Gold)

|{{Cite web |title="Eye of the Crow" is a 2007 Foreword INDIES Winner |url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books/eye-of-the-crow/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Foreword Reviews |language=en |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727062953/https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books/eye-of-the-crow/ |url-status=live }}

rowspan="5" |2008

|Death in the Air

|INDIES Award for Juvenile Fiction (Children's)

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |title="Death in the Air" is a 2008 Foreword INDIES Finalist |url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books/death-in-the-air/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Foreword Reviews |language=en |archive-date=January 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122182954/https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books/death-in-the-air/ |url-status=live }}

rowspan="4" |Eye Of The Crow

|Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime Book

|Winner

|{{Cite web |title=Crime Writers of Canada - Arthur Ellis Awards - 2008 Winners |url=https://www.crimewriterscanada.com/63-books/ccc-previous-issues/368-arthur-ellis-2008-winners |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Crime Writers of Canada |archive-date=September 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907213835/https://www.crimewriterscanada.com/63-books/ccc-previous-issues/368-arthur-ellis-2008-winners |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=2008 Arthur Ellis Best Juvenile Crime Award Recipient: Shane Peacock |url=https://bookcentre.ca/book-review/2008_arthur_ellis_best_juvenile_crime_award_recipient_shane_peacock |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Canadian Children's Book Centre |language=en-US |archive-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207173551/http://bookcentre.ca/book-review/2008_arthur_ellis_best_juvenile_crime_award_recipient_shane_peacock |url-status=live }}

IODE Violet Downey Book Award

|Winner

|{{Cite web |title=IODE Violet Downey Book Award Recipients |url=https://www.iode.ca/iode-violet-downey-book-award-recipients.html |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=IODE Canada |language=en |archive-date=March 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310064230/https://www.iode.ca/iode-violet-downey-book-award-recipients.html |url-status=live }}

Moonbeam Award for Pre-Teen Fiction

|Winner (Gold)

|{{Cite web |title=2008 Winners |url=https://www.moonbeamawards.com/43/winners/2008-winners |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Moonbeam Awards |archive-date=February 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209030223/https://moonbeamawards.com/43/winners/2008-winners |url-status=live }}

TD Canadian Children's Literature Award

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |title=Previous TD Canadian Children's Literature Award Winners and Finalists |url=https://bookcentre.ca/td-previous-winners-and-finalists |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Canadian Children's Book Centre |language=en-US |archive-date=December 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208100330/http://bookcentre.ca/td-previous-winners-and-finalists |url-status=live }}

rowspan="3" |2009

|Death in the Air

|TD Canadian Children's Literature Award

|Finalist

Eye Of The Crow

|Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award

|Nominee

|{{Cite web |title=2009 |url=http://www.myrca.ca/2009-2/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award |language=en-US |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208005550/http://www.myrca.ca/2009-2/ |url-status=live }}

Vanishing Girl

|INDIES Award for Young Adult Fiction (Children's)

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |title="Vanishing Girl" is a 2009 Foreword INDIES Finalist |url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books/vanishing-girl/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Foreword Reviews|language=en}}

rowspan="6" |2010

|Death in the Air

|Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award

|Nominee

|{{Cite web |title=2010 |url=http://www.myrca.ca/2010-2/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award |language=en-US |archive-date=February 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201181158/http://www.myrca.ca/2010-2/ |url-status=live }}

rowspan="5" |Vanishing Girl

|Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime Book

|Nominee

|{{Cite web |title=Crime Writers of Canada - 2010 Entries |url=https://www.crimewriterscanada.com/54-awards/current-contest/530-entries-2010 |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Crime Writers of Canada |archive-date=May 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503014709/https://www.crimewriterscanada.com/54-awards/current-contest/530-entries-2010 |url-status=live }}

Geoffrey Bilson Award

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2010-11-12 |title=Awards: Canadian Children's Literature Awards |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1329 |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=October 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002204536/http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1329 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=2010 Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People Recipient: Shane Peacock |url=https://bookcentre.ca/book-review/2010_geoffrey_bilson_award_for_historical_fiction_for_young_people_recipient_shane_peacock |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Canadian Children's Book Centre |language=en-US |archive-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929104220/http://bookcentre.ca/book-review/2010_geoffrey_bilson_award_for_historical_fiction_for_young_people_recipient_shane_peacock |url-status=live }}

IODE Violet Downey Book Award

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=2010-06-01 |title=Vanishing Girl wins 2010 National Chapter of Canada IODE Violet Downey Book Award |url=http://bookcentre.ca/news/vanishing_girl_wins_2010_national_chapter_canada_iode_violet_downey_book_award |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Canadian Children's Book Centre |language=en-US |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202122214/http://bookcentre.ca/news/vanishing_girl_wins_2010_national_chapter_canada_iode_violet_downey_book_award |url-status=live }}{{cite web |date=May 23, 2008 |title=IODE Canada |url=http://iode.ca/vdbaward.aspx/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602005153/http://iode.ca/vdbaward.aspx |archivedate=June 2, 2008 |accessdate=December 4, 2011 |publisher=Iode.ca |df=mdy-all}}

Libris Award

|Winner

|{{Cite web |title=2010 Libris Awards Recipient: Shane Peacock |url=http://bookcentre.ca/book-review/2010_libris_awards_recipient_shane_peacock |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Canadian Children's Book Centre |language=en-US |archive-date=January 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129182111/http://bookcentre.ca/book-review/2010_libris_awards_recipient_shane_peacock |url-status=live }}

Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award

|Winner

|{{Cite web |title=2010 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award Recipient: Shane Peacock |url=https://bookcentre.ca/book-review/2010_ruth_and_sylvia_schwartz_childrens_book_award_recipient_shane_peacock |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Canadian Children's Book Centre |language=en-US |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321003904/http://bookcentre.ca/book-review/2010_ruth_and_sylvia_schwartz_childrens_book_award_recipient_shane_peacock |url-status=live }}

rowspan="3" |2011

|{{Sort|Dragon Turn|The Dragon Turn}}

|INDIES Award for Young Adult Fiction (Children's)

|Honorable mention

|{{Cite web |title="The Dragon Turn" is a 2011 Foreword INDIES Winner |url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books/the-dragon-turn/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Foreword Reviews |language=en |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120222720/https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books/the-dragon-turn/ |url-status=live }}

|Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime Book

|Nominee

|{{Cite web |title=Crime Writers of Canada - 2011 Entries |url=https://www.crimewriterscanada.com/54-awards/current-contest/663-entries-2011 |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Crime Writers of Canada}}

Vanishing Girl

|Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award

|Nominee

|{{Cite web |title=2011 |url=http://www.myrca.ca/2011-2/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award |language=en-US |archive-date=February 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201180824/http://www.myrca.ca/2011-2/ |url-status=live }}

rowspan="3" |2012

| rowspan="3" |{{Sort|Dragon Turn|The Dragon Turn}}

|Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime Book

|Nominee

|{{Cite web |title=Crime Writers of Canada - 2012 Entries |url=https://www.crimewriterscanada.com/54-awards/current-contest/788-entries-2012 |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Crime Writers of Canada}}

John Spray Mystery Award

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |title=Previous John Spray Mystery Award Winners and Finalists |url=https://bookcentre.ca/spray-previous-winners-and-finalists |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Canadian Children's Book Centre |language=en-US |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209204242/http://bookcentre.ca/spray-previous-winners-and-finalists |url-status=live }}

TD Canadian Children's Literature Award

|Finalist

rowspan="4" |2013

| rowspan="3" |Becoming Holmes

|Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile/Young Adult Crime Book

|Winner

|{{Cite web |title=Crime Writers of Canada - 2013 Winners |url=https://www.crimewriterscanada.com/54-awards/current-contest/879-2013-winners |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Crime Writers of Canada}}{{Cite web |date=2013-06-04 |title=Becoming Holmes wins 2013 Arthur Ellis Award |url=https://bookcentre.ca/news/becoming_holmes_wins_2013_arthur_ellis_award |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Canadian Children's Book Centre |language=en-US |archive-date=December 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208204158/http://bookcentre.ca/news/becoming_holmes_wins_2013_arthur_ellis_award |url-status=live }}

Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature

|Finalist

|[https://archive.today/20131011171148/http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Governor+General+Literary+Award+finalists+announced+updated/8987740/story.html "Governor General Literary Award finalists announced"]. Vancouver Sun, October 2, 2013.

John Spray Mystery Award

|Finalist

|Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award

|Nominee

|{{Cite web |title=2013 |url=http://www.myrca.ca/nominees/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award |language=en-US |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208003215/http://www.myrca.ca/nominees/ |url-status=live }}

rowspan="3" |2017

|{{Sort|Artist and Me|The Artist and Me}}

|Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |title=Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award 2017 |url=https://account.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511205616/https://account.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Toronto Public Library |language=en-CA}}{{cite web |title=Previous Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award Winners and Finalists |url=http://bookcentre.ca/programs/awards/marilyn-baillie-picture-book-award/previous-winners-and-finalists/ |publisher=Canadian Children's Book Centre |access-date=December 16, 2017 |archive-date=December 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216144025/http://bookcentre.ca/programs/awards/marilyn-baillie-picture-book-award/previous-winners-and-finalists/ |url-status=live }}

rowspan="2" |{{Sort|Dark Missions of Edgar Brim|The Dark Missions of Edgar Brim}}

|Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile/Young Adult Crime Book

|Nominee

|{{Cite web |title=Crime Writers of Canada - 2017 Entries |url=https://www.crimewriterscanada.com/54-awards/current-contest/1261-2017-entries-2 |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Crime Writers of Canada}}

John Spray Mystery Award

|Finalist

2019

|Monster

|Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile/Young Adult Crime Book

|Nominee

|{{Cite web |title=Crime Writers of Canada - 2019 Entries |url=https://www.crimewriterscanada.com/54-awards/current-contest/1497-2019-entries |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Crime Writers of Canada}}

rowspan="3" |2020

|Demon

|Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile/Young Adult Crime Book

|Nominee

|{{Cite web |title=Crime Writers of Canada - 2020 Entries |url=https://www.crimewriterscanada.com/54-awards/current-contest/1602-2020-entries |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Crime Writers of Canada}}

Phantom of Fire

|Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile/Young Adult Crime Book

|Nominee

Demon

|Sunburst Award

|Longlist

|{{Cite web |last=Balser |first=Erin |date=2020-06-08 |title=André Alexis & Richard Van Camp among writers longlisted for 2020 Sunburst Award for Canadian fantasy writing |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/andr%C3%A9-alexis-richard-van-camp-among-writers-longlisted-for-2020-sunburst-award-for-canadian-fantasy-writing-1.5603304 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=CBC Books |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527170406/https://www.cbc.ca/books/andr%C3%A9-alexis-richard-van-camp-among-writers-longlisted-for-2020-sunburst-award-for-canadian-fantasy-writing-1.5603304 |url-status=live }}