Jean Mills
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Jean Mills | |
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Born | 1955 (age 68–69) |
Pen name | Lillian Stone |
Occupation | Novelist, freelance writer |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | Queen's University[1] |
Website | |
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Jean Mills (born 1955) is a Canadian young adult and children's novelist, based in Guelph, Ontario. In addition to her novels and freelance writing, she has also served as a writing workshop presenter at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival and writer-in-residence at St. John's-Kilmarnock School.[2]
Publications
[edit]- After the Wallpaper Music (Pajama Press, 2024)
- Wingman (Orca Book Publishers, 2023)
- Bliss Adair and the First Rule of Knitting (Red Deer Press, 2023)
- The Legend (Red Deer Press, 2021)
- Larkin on the Shore (Red Deer Press, 2019)
- Skating Over Thin Ice (Red Deer Press, 2018)
- Dude! (with Heather Wright) (Marden Publishing, 2014)
- Andrew and the Babysitter (writing as Lillian Stone) (Caramel Tree, 2012)
- Joey and the Firehall Ghost (writing as Lillian Stone) (Caramel Tree, 2012)
- The Ugly Duckling (writing as Lillian Stone) (Caramel Tree, 2012)
- The Toymaker's Son (Pugwash Publishers, 2009)
- Abby and the Curling Chicks (Pugwash Publishers, 2003)
- The Legacy (Nelson Canada, 1991)
- Wild Dog Summer (Nelson Canada, 1990; re-issued by Pugwash Publishers, 2008)
Reception
[edit]- Whippoorwill Book Award for Rural YA Literature -- Larkin on the Shore (2020)[3]
- USBBY Outstanding International Books List -- Skating Over Thin Ice (2019)
- Nominee for the Forest of Reading Red Maple Award -- Skating Over Thin Ice (2019)[4]
- Winner of the Professional Writers Association of Canada Barbara Novak Award for Memoir/Humour Writing -- "the roots of her story," published in The Globe and Mail (2009)[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jean Mills: About".
- ^ "Jean Mills". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2019-04-27. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ^ Sanders, Jennifer; Bindewald, Jill; Brenner, Devon; Eppley, Karen; Kedley, Kate; Kleese, Nick; Newsom, Natalie; Short, Stephanie (10 May 2021). "Identifying Rural Salience in the 2020 Whippoorwill Book Award Winners". The Rural Educator. 42 (1): 46–51. doi:10.55533/2643-9662.1021.
- ^ "2019 Red Maple Award™ Fiction Nominees". Ontario Library Association. Archived from the original on 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Jean Mills". Writers' Union of Canada.
- ^ Mills, Jean (2008-04-23). "The roots of her story". The Globe and Mail.