Jonathan Auxier

Jonathan Auxier (born August 10, 1981) is a Canadian-born writer of young adult literature.

Jonathan Auxier
Auxier in 2015
Born	(1981-08-10) August 10, 1981 (age 43)[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.

Peter Nimble 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.