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Tim Wynne-Jones Biography Born: August 12, 1948 in Cheshire, EnglandNow lives near: Perth, Ontario Tim has been all kinds of things: He has written lots of songs for the Muppets on the television program "Fraggle Rock." Tim came to Canada from England with his family when he was three years old. He lived in Kitimat, British Columbia, then Vancouver, and spent grade five through high school in Ottawa. He liked art but didn't think his teacher was very good, so he only took one year. He also remembers that he failed English the last year of high school. Despite this, Tim went on to study art at university and to become an award-winning author. Although he thought he might be an architect when he grew up, it didn't quite turn out that way. While he was at university he joined a rock band and earned enough money to keep going to school. The summer after he graduated, he found he was missing his wife who was away in California. He started to write a book. It took him five weeks to write Odd's End and he entered it in a contest. He won. The $50 000 prize money helped Tim and his wife buy a house and start a family. He now has three children, Xan, Maddy and Lewis. His wife, Amanda Lewis, is an artist and writer. Their house is built on 76 acres of rock and pine trees. Listen to Tim Wynne-Jones reading from The Maestro. Awards 1979 Seal First Novel Award for Odd's End 1983 Municipal Chapter of Toronto IODE Book Award for Zoom at Sea 1984 Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award for Zoom At Sea 1988 ACTRA National Radio Award for "St. Anthony's Man" 1993 Governor General's Literary Award/Children's Literature (for best English text) for Some of the Kinder Planets 1994 Book of the Year for Children Award (Canadian Library Association) for Some of the Kinder Planets 1994 Vicky Metcalf Short Story Award for "The Hope Bakery" in Some of the Kinder Planets 1995 Governor General's Literary Award/Children's Literature (for best English text) for The Maestro 1995 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for The Maestro 1996 International Reading Association Children's Literature Award (Ottawa Valley Council) for The Maestro 1996 Book of the Year for Children Award (Canadian Library Association) for The Maestro 1997 Vicky Metcalfe Award (Canadian Authors Association) for an author's body of work 1998 Book of the Year for Children Award (Canadian Library Association) for Stephen Fair Bibliography Books for Children and Young People Architect of the Moon. Written by Tim Wynne-Jones. Illustrated by Ian Wallace. Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1991 (c1988), 30 p. The Book of Changes: Stories. Written by Tim Wynne-Jones. Toronto: Groundwood Books/Douglas & McIntyre, c1994, 143 p. The Boy in the Burning House. Written by Tim Wynne-Jones. Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, c2000, 230 p. Builder of the Moon. Written by Tim Wynne-Jones. Illustrated by Ian Wallace. New York: M. K. McElderry Books, c1988, 30 p. (American edition of Architect of the Moon.) Un Dernier morceau de ciel. Written by Tim Wynne-Jones. Translated by Christiane Duchesne. Illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay. "Collection Héritage jeunesse." Saint-Lambert, Quebec: Héritage, c1993, 32 p. (French edition of The Last Piece of Sky.) The Hour of the Frog. Written by Tim Wynne-Jones. Illustrated by Catharine O'Neill. Toronto: Groundwood Books/Douglas & McIntyre, c1989, 30 p. The Hunchback of Notre Dame. By Victor Hugo, retold by Tim Wynne-Jones. Illustrated by Bill Slavin. Toronto: Key Porter Kids, c1996, 38 p. I'll Make You Small. Written by Tim Wynne-Jones. Illustrated by Maryann Kovalski. Vancouver: Groundwood Books/Douglas & McIntyre, 1990 (c1986), 32 p. The Last Piece of Sky. Written by Tim Wynne-Jones. Illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay. Toronto: Groundwood Books/Douglas & McIntyre, 1993, 32 p. Lord of the Fries and Other Stories. Written by Tim Wynne-Jones. Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, c1999, 198 p. Madeline & Ermadello. Written by Tim Wynne-Jones. Illustrated by Lindsey Hallam. Hawkesville, Ont.: Before We Are Six, 1977, 32 p. The Maestro: A Novel. Written by Tim Wynne-Jones. Vancouver: Groundwood Books/Douglas & McIntyre, 1996 (c1995), 223 p. Mischief City. Written by Tim Wynne-Jones. Illustrated by Victor Gad. Toronto: Groundwood Books/Douglas & McIntyre, c1986, 36 p. Mouse in the Manger. Written by Tim Wynne-Jones. Illustrated by Elaine Blier. Toronto: Viking, 1993, 31 p. On Tumbledown Hill. Written by Tim Wynne-Jones. Illustrated by Dusan Petricic. Red Deer, Alta.: Red Deer College Press, c1998, 29 p. Rosie Backstage. Written by Amanda Lewis and Tim Wynne-Jones. Illustrated by Bill Slavin. Toronto: Kids Can Press, c1994, 95 p. Some of the Kinder Planets. Written by Tim Wynne-Jones. Toronto: Groundwood Books/Douglas & McIntyre, c1993, 136 p. Stephen Fair. Written by Tim Wynne-Jones. Toronto: Groundwood Books/Douglas & McIntyre, 1998, 218 p. Zoom at Sea. Written by Tim Wynne-Jones. Illustrated by Ken Nutt. Toronto: Groundwood Books/Douglas & McIntyre, 1990 (c1983), 32 p. Zoom Away. Written by Tim Wynne-Jones. Illustrated by Eric Beddows. Toronto: Groundwood Books/Douglas & McIntyre, 1993 (c1985), 31 p. Zoom Upstream. Written by Tim Wynne-Jones. Illustrated by Eric Beddows. Toronto: Groundwood Books/Douglas & McIntyre, 1993 (c1992), 34 p. Translations The Louse. Written by Colette Dufresne. Translated by Tim Wynne-Jones. Illustrated by May Rousseau. Waterloo, Quebec: Quintin, 1991, 23 p. (English edition of Le Pou.) The Snowy Owl. Written by Joseph Lévesque. Translated by Tim Wynne-Jones. Illustrated by Pierre Jarry. Waterloo, Quebec: Quintin, 1991, 23 p. (English edition of Le Hargang des neiges.) Books for Adults ——— Odd's End. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1990 (c1980), 228 p. ——— The Knot. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1990 (c1982), 277 p. ——— Fastyngange. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1990 (c1988), 312 p. ——— Voices. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1990 (c1988), 312 p. (Originally published as Fastyngange.) 
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