Kyo Maclear

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Kyo Maclear
Born
Kyo Iona Maclear

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NationalityCanadian
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Notable worksUnearthing, Birds Art Life, Virginia Wolf, The Liszts, It Began with a Page
Website
kyomaclear.com

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Kyo Maclear (born 1970)[1] is a Canadian novelist and children's author.

Maclear was born in London, England and moved to Toronto, Canada at a young age.[2] Her father is journalist and documentary filmmaker Michael Maclear and her mother is Japanese artist and gallerist Yoko Maclear (nee Koide). She studied fine art and art history at the University of Toronto, completed a Master of Arts in cultural studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in 1996, and obtained a doctorate in environmental humanities and education at York University in 2018.

Awards and honors

Three of Maclear's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Bloom (2018),[3] Operatic (2019),[4] and It Began with a Page (2020).[5]

Four of her books have been included on lists of the best books of the year. In 2016, Shelf Awareness included The Liszts on their list of the best picture books of the year.[6] In 2019, Kirkus Reviews and the Chicago Public Library named It Began with a Page one of the best books of the year.[5] Booklist included it on their 2020 "Top 10 Biographies for Youth"[7] and "Top 10 Arts Books for Youth"[8] lists. In 2019, Booklist included Operatic on their "Top 10 Graphic Novels for Youth"[9] and "Top 10 Arts Books for Youth"[10] lists. In 2021, The Horn Book Magazine and Publishers Weekly[11] named The Big Bath House one of the best picture books of the year.[12]

Kumo the Bashful Cloud, illustrated by Nathalie Dion, won the 2023 Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration.[13]

In 2023, she was the winner of the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, a career achievement award for her body of work.[14]

Awards for Maclear's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2018 Birds Art Life Trillium Book Award Winner [15]
2008 Script error: No such module "sort". Amazon.ca First Novel Award Finalist
2017 Birds Art Life Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Shortlist [16]
2019 Bloom Amelia Bloomer Book List Selection [17]
It Began With a Page Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth Selection [18]
Operatic Cybils Award for Elementary and Middle Grade Graphic Novel Finalist [19]
2020 It Began With a Page ALSC Notable Children's Books Selection [20][21]
It Began With a Page Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Honor [22]
Operatic Forest of Reading Red Maple Award Finalist [23]
2021 It Began with a Page Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top 10 [24][25]
2022 Script error: No such module "sort". ALSC Notable Children's Books Selection [26]
2023 Unearthing Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction Winner [27]

Bibliography

Novels

  • The Letter Opener (Toronto: HarperCollins, 2007)[28]
  • Stray Love (Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, 2012)[29]

Nonfiction

  • Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation (New York: Scribner, 2017)[30]
  • Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets (Scriber, 2023)

Children's literature

References

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  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli by Kyo Maclear". Junior Library Guild. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
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  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2019 Cybils Finalists". Children's and Young Adult Book Lover's Literary Awards. Archived from the original on 2022-11-05. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
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  24. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rise: A Feminist Book Project: 2021". Booklist. 2021-03-15. Archived from the original on 2022-09-21. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
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  28. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Maclear, Kyo (2007). The Letter Opener. HarperCollins Canada. pp. 312. ISBN 9780002006071.
  29. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Maclear, Kyo (2012). Stray Love. HarperCollins Canada. pp. 317. ISBN 9781443408592.
  30. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Maclear, Kyo (2017). Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation. Scribner. p. 221. ISBN 9781501154201.
  31. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Maclear, Kyo (2010). Spork. Kids Can Press. ISBN 978-1-55337-736-8.
  32. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Maclear, Kyo (2012). Virginia Wolf. Kids Can Press. ISBN 978-1-55453-649-8.
  33. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Maclear, Kyo (2013). Mr. Flux. Kids Can Press. ISBN 978-1-55453-781-5.
  34. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Maclear, Kyo (2014). Julia Child. Tundra Books. ISBN 9781770494497.
  35. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Maclear, Kyo (2016). The wish tree. San Francisco, California: Chronicle Books. ISBN 9781452150659.
  36. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Maclear, Kyo, 1970- (April 2019). Operatic. Eggenschwiler, Byron. Toronto. ISBN 978-1-55498-972-0. OCLC 1049790029.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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