Kyo Maclear (born 1970) is a Canadian novelist and children's author.
Maclear was born in England and moved to Canada at a young age.
Her father is the journalist and documentary filmmaker
Michael Maclear Michael Maclear, OC (1929 – December 25, 2018) was an award-winning Anglo-Canadian journalist, documentary filmmaker,
and former correspondent for various CBC programs and for CTV's '' W5''.
He is the great-great-grand-nephew of South African ...
.
She studied fine art and art history at the
University of Toronto and also completed an M.A. in cultural studies at the
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in 1996.
Bibliography
Novels
* ''The Letter Opener
''. Toronto: HarperCollins, 2007.
Shortlisted for the 2007 Amazon.ca First Novel in Canada Award.
* ''Stray Love
''. Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, 2012.
Nonfiction
* ''Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation
''. New York: Scribner, 2017.
Winner of the 2018
Trillium Book Award
The Trillium Book Award (french: Prix littéraire Trillium or ''Prix Trillium'') is an annual literary award presented to writers in Ontario, Canada. It is administered by Ontario Creates, a Crown agency of the Government of Ontario, which is ...
Children's literature
* ''Spork
''. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2010. Illustrated by
Isabelle Arsenault
Isabelle Arsenault (born 1978) is a Canadian award winning illustrator living in Montreal, Quebec. She is known for her elaborate yet simplified artwork in children's literature.
Biography
Arsenault was born in Sept-Îles, Quebec. She received a ...
.
* ''Virginia Wolf.
'' Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2012. Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault.
* ''Mr. Flux
''. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2013. Illustrated by Matte Stephens.
* ''Julia Child''. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2014. Illustrated by Julie Morstad
* ''The wish tree''. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2016. Illustrated by Chris Turnham.
*''Operatic''.
Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2019. Illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler.
* ''
It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way''. HarperCollins, 2019. Illustrated by Julie Morstad.
References
External links
* http://www.kyomaclear.com/
* http://kyomaclearkids.com/
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Canadian people of British descent
Canadian people of Japanese descent
Canadian women novelists
Canadian writers of Asian descent
Canadian children's writers
1970 births
Living people
21st-century Canadian novelists
Canadian women children's writers
21st-century Canadian women writers