Jonathan Auxier (born August 10, 1981) is a Canadian-born writer of

young adult literature Young adult literature (YA) is typically written for readers aged 12 to 18 and includes most of the themes found in adult fiction, such as family dysfunction, substance abuse, alcoholism, and sexuality. It is characterized by simpler world build ...

Biography

Originally from

Vancouver Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the cit ...

, British Columbia, Canada, he currently lives in

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the List of Un ...

, Pennsylvania, US with his wife. He earned a BA from

Trinity Western University Trinity Western University (TWU) is a Private university, private Christian liberal arts university with campuses in both Langley, British Columbia (district municipality), Langley and Richmond, British Columbia, Richmond, British Columbia. The ...

in 2003 and a MFA in Dramatic Writing from

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools. In 1912, it became the Carnegie Institu ...

in 2005. 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.

Awards

Auxier won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award and the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award 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 The Governor General's Award for English-language children's writing is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a children's book written in English. It is one of four children's book awards among the Governor Ge ...

at the 2014 Governor General's Awards. He won the Governor General's Award at the 2018 Governor General's Awards for '' Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster''. ''Sweep'' also won the Children's/YA prize at the 2019 Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature.

Bibliography

;Standalone works * * ;''Peter Nimble'' series * *

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Auxier, Jonathan 21st-century Canadian novelists Canadian male novelists Canadian expatriate writers in the United States Novelists from Vancouver Writers from Pittsburgh Living people Canadian writers of young adult literature 21st-century Canadian male writers Governor General's Award–winning children's writers 1981 births