Iain Lawrence (born 1955)Lawrence, Iain 1955- , WorldCat is a Canadian author for children and young adults. In 2007 he won a Governor General's Literary Award in Children's Literature for Gemini Summer, and in 2011, he was presented with the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People.
Biography Lawrence was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, in 1955. He has lived on Gabriola Island since 2000. Lawrence attended Langara College in Vancouver studying journalism. After school he worked for the Prince Rupert Daily News and other newspapers in northern British Columbia. In his free time he wrote a number of unpublished children's fiction books, and was able to publish two non-fiction books about sailing, his hobby. A Chicago agent encouraged him to concentrate on children's fiction so he reworked one of his earlier books, The Wrecker, and sold it to Random House in 1994. Since then he has published many more books, in 2007 Random House reported he had sold more than one million books in North America.
List of books Month and yearSeriesTitleAwardsJanuary 2005 Far-Away Places: 50 Anchorages on the Northwest CoastMay 1998The High Seas trilogyThe WreckersMay 1999The High Seas trilogyThe SmugglersOctober 2000 Ghost BoyAugust 2001The High Seas trilogyThe BuccaneersOctober 2001 Lord of the Nutcracker MenSeptember 2002 The Lightkeeper's DaughterJune 2004 B for BusterApril 2005The Curse of the Jolly Stone trilogyThe ConvictsNovember 2005The Curse of the Jolly Stone trilogyThe CannibalsOctober 2006 Gemini SummerNovember 2007The Curse of the Jolly Stone trilogyThe CastawaysJuly 2008 The SeanceNovember 2009 The Giant-SlayerNovember 2011 The Winter PonyJanuary 2016 The Skeleton TreeMarch 2021 Deadman's CastleAugust 2022 Fire on Headless Mountain Gemini Summer The book was reviewed in Publishers Weekly, Quill and Quire, Kirkus Reviews, CM Magazine, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, The Horn Book Magazine, School Library Journal, Booklist, Library Media Connection, Resource Links, and Books in Canada.
Awards and honours
Nine of Lawrence's books are Junior Library Guild selections: The Wreckers (1998), Lord of the Nutcracker Men (2001), B for Buster (2004), The Convicts (2005), The Cannibals (2006), The Castaways (2008), The Séance (2008), The Skeleton Tree (2016), and Deadman's Castle (2021).
In 2007, the Bank Street College of Education included Gemini Summer on their list of the best children's books of the year.
In 2011, Lawrence received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, an award presented to Canadian authors whose "body of work ... demonstrates the highest literary standards." +Awards for Lawrence's writingYearTitleAwardResultRef.1999ALA Best Books for Young AdultsSelectionGeoffrey Bilson AwardWinnerQuick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult ReadersSelection2000ALA Best Books for Young AdultsSelection2001Ghost BoyALA Best Books for Young AdultsSelection2003ALA Best Books for Young AdultsSelection2005B for BusterALA Best Books for Young AdultsTop 142006Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature PrizeFinalist2007Gemini SummerGovernor General's Award for English-Language Children's LiteratureWinnerPacific Northwest Booksellers Association AwardWinnerSheila A. Egoff Children's Literature PrizeFinalist2009Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature PrizeFinalist2010ALSC Notable Children's BooksSelection2011Chocolate Lily Young Readers’ Choice AwardWinner2017Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards: Fan's Choice AwardWinnerSheila A. Egoff Children's Literature PrizeWinnerTD Canadian Children's Literature AwardFinalist Publications The Skeleton Tree (2016) The Giant-Slayer (2009) The Seance (July 2008) Gemini Summer (October 2006) B for Boi (June 2004) The Lightkeeper's Daughter (September 2002) Lord of the Nutcracker Men (October 2001) Ghost Boy (October 2000)
The Curse of the Jolly Stone trilogy The Convicts (April 2004) The Cannibals (November 2005) The Castaways (November 2007)
The Wreckers series The Wreckers (May 1998) The Smugglers (May 1999) The Buccaneers (August 2001)
Non-fiction Far-Away Places: 50 Anchorages on the Northwest Coast (April 1995)
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