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Jonathan Auxier

ジョナサン・オクシアー

Jonasan Okushia

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1981-08-10 (Princeton, New Jersey)
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Princeton, New Jersey → Vancouver, British Columbia → Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Career

Occupations
young adult novelist
Active Years
2000-2025
Nominations
2014 Governor General's Award English-language children's literature shortlist (The Night Gardener)

Education

Trinity Western University
Degree: BA
Year of Graduation: 2003
Country: Canada
Carnegie Mellon University
Dramatic Writing
Degree: MFA
Year of Graduation: 2005
Country: United States

Awards

TD Canadian Children's Literature Award
2015
Work: The Night Gardener
Organization: TD
Result: 受賞
Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award
2015
Work: The Night Gardener
Organization: Canadian Library Association
Result: 受賞
Governor General's Award
2018
Work: Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
Category: 英語児童文学部門
Result: 受賞
Vine Awards
2019
Work: Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
Category: 児童・YA部門
Result: 受賞
Silver Birch Fiction Award
2015
Work: The Night Gardener
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Night Gardener

2014 Young adult literature

Orphan siblings working in a creepy mansion.

HorrorFamily

Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes

2011 Fantasy

Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

2018 Historical fantasy

Story of a girl chimney sweep in 19th-century London.

LaborFriendship

Bibliography

  • See Wikipedia bibliography

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Engaging narrativeAdventure elements
Recurring Motifs
OrphansMonstersPower of stories

Legacy

New York Times bestselling author acclaimed in children's literature.