Jan Thornhill

Jan Thornhill
Born 1955
Sudbury, Ontario
Occupation writer
Nationality Canadian
Genre science, children's literature
Notable works I Found a Dead Bird, The Wildlife ABC

Jan Thornhill (born 1955 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian writer and illustrator of educational books on science and nature for children.[1] She was the 2015 winner of the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, a lifetime achievement award presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada,[2] and won the Norma Fleck Award in 2007 for her book I Found a Dead Bird: The Kids’ Guide to the Cycle of Life & Death.[3]

A graduate of the Ontario College of Art,[4] Thornhill has illustrated many but not all of her own works. She won UNICEF's Ezra Jack Yeats International Award for illustration in 1990 for The Wildlife 123,[5] and has been a two-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration, at the 1988 Governor General's Awards for The Wildlife ABC[6] and at the 1989 Governor General's Awards for The Wildlife 123.[7]

She has also published the adult short story collection Drought, which was a shortlisted nominee for the ReLit Awards in 2001,[8] and has drawn illustrations for general interest magazines including The Idler.

Works

References

  1. ↑ "Nature calls author". Victoria Times-Colonist, November 16, 1995.
  2. ↑ "André Alexis wins Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize". The Globe and Mail, November 3, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Hampstead writer wins children's book award". Montreal Gazette, October 17, 2007.
  4. ↑ "Dreams of riches are unfulfilled". Calgary Herald, February 27, 1993.
  5. ↑ "Top illustrator". Ottawa Citizen, November 3, 1990.
  6. ↑ "Short lists for literary awards cause a stir". The Globe and Mail, February 2, 1989.
  7. ↑ "Who will get to shake Ray Hnatyshyn's hand?". Montreal Gazette, February 10, 1990.
  8. ↑ "Diary of an accidental judge". Vancouver Sun, May 12, 2001.

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