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Marthe Jocelyn

マルテ・ジョセリン

Marthe Jocelyn

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1956 （Toronto, Canada）
Nationality
カナダ, Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Toronto, Canada → Stratford, Ontario, Canada → Great Britain (boarding school) → New York City, United States → Stratford, Ontario, Canada (returned)

Career

Occupations
Children's book author, Toy and clothing designer
Active Years
2000-2023
Nominations
Hannah's Collections (2000, Governor General's Award finalist), The Dead Man in the Garden (2022, Edgar finalist)

Awards

TD Canadian Children's Literature Award
2005
Work: Mable Riley
Organization: Canadian Children's Book Centre
Result: Winner
Vicky Metcalf Award
2009
Category: Literature for Young People
Organization: Writers' Trust of Canada
Result: Winner
Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile
2023
Work: The Seaside Corpse
Organization: Mystery Writers of America
Result: Winner
Amy Mathers Teen Book Award
2015
Work: What We Hide
Organization: Canadian Children's Book Centre
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Earthly Astonishments

2000 Children's literature

A girl's adventure story.

GrowthHistory

Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum, Peril, and Romance

2004 Children's literature

Story of a girl in 19th-century Canada.

IndependenceEducation

The Seaside Corpse

2022 Mystery

Part of Aggie Morton series.

Mystery solvingAdventure

Bibliography

  • Earthly Astonishments (2000)
  • Hannah's Collections (2000)
  • A Day with Nellie (2002)
  • Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum, Peril, and Romance (2004)
  • One Some Many (2004)
  • Over Under (2005)
  • ABC x 3 (2005)
  • How It Happened in Peach Hill (2007)
  • Eats (2007)
  • Ready for Summer (2008)
  • Would You (2008)
  • Same Same (2009)
  • Folly (2010)
  • Scribbling Women (2011)
  • Ones and Twos (2011)
  • What We Hide (2014)
  • Viminy Crowe's Comic Book (2014)
  • The Body Under the Piano (2020)
  • Peril at Owl Park (2020)
  • The Dead Man in the Garden (2021)
  • The Seaside Corpse (2022)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Vivid descriptionsHistorical settings
Recurring Motifs
Girl protagonistsMystery elements

Legacy

Canadian writer of over 40 children's books, recipient of multiple awards including Vicky Metcalf and Edgar Awards, inspirational to Canadian youth.

Trivia

  • Married to illustrator Tom Slaughter, who illustrated many of her books. Two daughters: Hannah and Nell.
  • Owned Jesse Design, a toy and clothing design firm, for 15 years.
  • Lived in New York City for 30 years before returning to Stratford, Canada.