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
- The Wildlife ABC (1988)
- The Wildlife 123 (1989)
- A Tree in a Forest (1991)
- Crow & Fox and Other Animal Legends (1993)
- Wild in the City (1996)
- Before & After: A Book of Nature Timescapes (1997)
- Drought (2001)
- Folktails: Animal Legends from Around the World (2007)
- This Is My Planet: The Kids' Guide to Global Warming (2007)
- Who Wants Pizza?: The Kids' Guide to the History, Science and Culture of Food (2010)
- Is This Panama? A Migration Story (2013)
- Kyle Goes Alone (2015)
References
- ↑ "Nature calls author". Victoria Times-Colonist, November 16, 1995.
- ↑ "André Alexis wins Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize". The Globe and Mail, November 3, 2015.
- ↑ "Hampstead writer wins children's book award". Montreal Gazette, October 17, 2007.
- ↑ "Dreams of riches are unfulfilled". Calgary Herald, February 27, 1993.
- ↑ "Top illustrator". Ottawa Citizen, November 3, 1990.
- ↑ "Short lists for literary awards cause a stir". The Globe and Mail, February 2, 1989.
- ↑ "Who will get to shake Ray Hnatyshyn's hand?". Montreal Gazette, February 10, 1990.
- ↑ "Diary of an accidental judge". Vancouver Sun, May 12, 2001.