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Jean E. Pendziwol (born 1965) is a Canadian writer of children's literature from Thunder Bay, Ontario. She is most noted for her book Skating Wild on an Inland Sea, which was the winner of both the Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration at the 2024 Governor General's Awards, and the 2024 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award.

Her book Once Upon a Northern Light was previously nominated for the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature at the 2013 Governor General's Awards, and for the TD Children's Literature award in 2014.

She has also published one adult novel, The Lightkeeper's Daughters.

Works

Children's literature

No Dragons for Tea - 1999
Dawn Watch - 2004
The Red Sash - 2005
Once Upon a Dragon - 2006
Marja's Skis - 2007
Once Upon a Northern Light - 2013
Me and You and the Red Canoe - 2017
I Found Hope in a Cherry Tree - 2020
When I Listen to Silence - 2022
Skating Wild on an Inland Sea - 2023
The Best Emma Ever - 2025

Adult fiction

The Lightkeeper's Daughters - 2017

References

Gary Rinne, "Thunder Bay author's book wins two national literary awards". TBNewsWatch.com, November 13, 2024.
Cassandra Drudi, "Jordan Abel, Niigaan Sinclair among 2024 Governor General’s award winners". Quill & Quire, November 13, 2024.
"Jean E. Pendziwol and Jack Wong among winners for Canadian children's book awards". CBC Books, October 29, 2024.
Ahearn, Victoria (October 2, 2013). "Governor General Literary Award finalists announced (updated)". The Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on October 11, 2013.
"TD honours excellence in children's literature". Canada NewsWire, September 3, 2014.
"Good choices for your time in the sunshine". Hamilton Spectator, July 14, 2017.

External links

Official website

v t e Winners of the Governor General's Award for young people's literature — illustrated books
1980s	Marie-Louise Gay, Rainy Day Magic (1987) Kim LaFave, Amos's Sweater (1988) Robin Muller, The Magic Paintbrush (1989)
1990s	Paul Morin, The Orphan Boy (1990) Joanne Fitzgerald, Doctor Kiss Says Yes (1991) Ron Lightburn, Waiting for the Whales (1992) Mireille Levert, Sleep Tight, Mrs. Ming (1993) Murray Kimber, Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story (1994) Ludmila Zeman, The Last Quest of Gilgamesh (1995) Eric Beddows, The Rooster's Gift (1996) Barbara Reid, The Party (1997) Kady MacDonald Denton, A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes (1998) Gary Clement, The Great Poochini (1999)
2000s	Marie-Louise Gay, Yuck, A Love Story (2000) Mireille Levert, An Island in the Soup (2001) Wallace Edwards, Alphabeasts (2002) Allen Sapp, The Song Within My Heart (2003) Stéphane Jorisch, Jabberwocky (2004) Rob Gonsalves, Imagine a Day (2005) Leo Yerxa, Ancient Thunder (2006) Duncan Weller, The Boy from the Sun (2007) Stéphane Jorisch, The Owl and the Pussycat (2008) Jirina Marton, Bella's Tree (2009)
2010s	Jon Klassen, Cats' Night Out (2010) Cybèle Young, Ten Birds (2011) Isabelle Arsenault, Virginia Wolf (2012) Matt James, Northwest Passage (2013) Jillian Tamaki, This One Summer (2014) JonArno Lawson, Sidewalk Flowers (2015) Jon-Erik Lappano and Kellen Hatanaka, Tokyo Digs a Garden (2016) David Robertson and Julie Flett, When We Were Alone (2017) Jillian Tamaki, They Say Blue (2018) Sydney Smith, Small in the City (2019)
2020s	The Fan Brothers, The Barnabus Project (2020) David A. Robertson and Julie Flett, On the Trapline (2021) Naseem Hrab and Nahid Kazemi, The Sour Cherry Tree (2022) Jack Wong, When You Can Swim (2023) Jean E. Pendziwol and Todd Stewart, Skating Wild on an Inland Sea (2024)

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