Jan Thornhill

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]

Jan Thornhill
Born1955
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
OccupationWriter
NationalityCanadian
Genrescience, children's literature
Notable worksI Found a Dead Bird, The Wildlife ABC

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 three-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] the 1989 Governor General's Awards for The Wildlife 123[7] and the 2017 Governor General's Awards for The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk.

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)
  • The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk (2016), received the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award[9]

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.
  9. "Jan Thornhill wins $30K award for best Canadian children's book". CBC News. November 22, 2017.


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