Jonathan Auxier

Jonathan Auxier (born August 10, 1981) is a Canadian-born writer of young adult literature. Auxier is a New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed author for his works of The Vanished Kingdom (Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes, Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard, and The War of the Maps), The Night Gardener, and Sweep.

Jonathan Auxier
Auxier in 2015
Born	(1981-08-10) August 10, 1981 (age 44)[1][2] Vancouver, British Columbia
Occupation	young adult novelist
Nationality	Canadian
Period	2000s–present
Notable works	The Night Gardener Peter Nimble and his Fantastic Eyes

Biography

Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,^[3] he currently lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US with his wife.^[4] He earned a BA from Trinity Western University in 2003^[5] and a MFA in Dramatic Writing from Carnegie Mellon University in 2005.^[6][7] 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.^[5] He has three daughters, the youngest of whom has Down's Syndrome.^[8]

Awards

Auxier won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award^[4] and the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award^[9] 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.^[10]

He won the Governor General's Award at the 2018 Governor General's Awards for Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster.^[11] Sweep also won the Children's/YA prize at the 2019 Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature.^[12]

Bibliography

Standalone works

• — (May 20, 2014). The Night Gardener. Amulet Books. ISBN 978-1-4197-1144-2. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
• — (September 25, 2018). Sweep: The Story of a Girl and her Monster. Amulet Books. ISBN 978-1-4197-3140-2. Retrieved March 16, 2019.

The Fabled Stables series

• — (April 12, 2022). Willa the Wisp. Amulet Books. ISBN 978-1-4197-4271-2. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
• — (May 18, 2021). Trouble with Tattle-Tails. Amulet Books. ISBN 978-1-4197-4272-9. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
• — (February 22, 2022). Belly of the Beast. Amulet Books. ISBN 978-1-4197-4274-3. Retrieved September 17, 2025.

The Vanished Kingdom series

• — (August 1, 2011). Peter Nimble and his Fantastic Eyes. Amulet Books. ISBN 978-1-4197-0025-5. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
• — (April 5, 2016). Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard. Amulet Books. ISBN 978-1-4197-1747-5. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
• — (April 29, 2025). The War of the Maps. Amulet Books. ISBN 978-1-4197-5394-7. Retrieved September 16, 2025.