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Hugh Brewster (born May 26, 1950, in London, England)[1] is a Canadian writer of nonfiction books for children.

Biography

Brewster was born May 26, 1950, in London, England[2] to Ormond Macmillan and Anne Brewster.[1] He has two older brothers and a younger sister.[2] The family moved to Scotland when Brewster was two,[2] then immigrated to Georgetown, Ontario in 1956.[1][2]

Brewster received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a minor in theatre from the University of Guelph.[1][2] Following graduation, he was a founding writer for the LGBT magazine The Body Politic.[3] He served as an editor with Scholastic Canada from 1972 to 1981, then continued as an editor with Scholastic in New York City from 1981 to 1984.[1] Beginning in 1984, he worked as an editorial director as Madison Press Books in Toronto.[1]

He published his first children's book, Anastasia's Album, in 1996.[4]

Awards and honours

Awards for Brewster's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
1997 Anastasia's Album ALSC Notable Children's Books Selection [5]
1998 Silver Birch Award Winner [6]
1999 Red Cedar Book Award Winner [7]
2000 882 ½ Amazing Answers to Your Questions about the Titanic Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers Selection [8]
2005 On Juno Beach Information Book Award Winner [9]
2007 Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature Finalist [10]
2008 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award Finalist [11]
2008 At Vimy Ridge Norma Fleck Award Winner [12][13]
2012 Prisoner of Dieppe Hackmatack Children's Choice Award for English Fiction Winner [14][15][16]
2015 From Vimy to Victory Norma Fleck Award Finalist [17]
Silver Birch Award Nominee
TD Canadian Children's Literature Award Finalist [11][18]

Publications

  • The Complete Hoser's Handbook, Prentice-Hall Canada, 1983.
  • Anastasia's Album: The Last Tsar's Youngest Daughter Tells Her Own Story, Hyperion, 1996.
  • Inside the Titanic, Little, Brown and Company, 1997.
  • 882 1/2 Amazing Answers to Your Questions about the Titanic, with Laurie Coulter, paintings by Ken Marschall, Scholastic, 1998.
  • To Be a Princess: The Fascinating Lives of Real Princesses, with Laurie Coulter, illustrated by Laurie McGaw, HarperCollins, 2001.
  • On Juno Beach: Canada's D Day Heroes, Scholastic Canada, 2004.
  • At Vimy Ridge: Canada's Greatest World War I Victory, Scholastic Canada, 2007.
  • The Other Mozart: The Life of the Famous Chevalier de Saint-George, illustrated by Eric Velasquez, Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2006.
  • Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose: The Story of a Painting, illustrated with paintings by John Singer Sargent, Kids Can Press, 2007.
  • Breakout Dinosaurs: Canada's Coolest, Scariest Ancient Creatures Return!, with the curators of the Royal Ontario Museum, illustrated by Alan Barnard, Whitfield Editions, 2007.
  • Dieppe: Canada's Darkest Day of World War II, Scholastic Canada, 2009.
  • Dinosaurs in Your Backyard: The Coolest, Scariest Creatures Ever Found in the USA!, with Alan Barnard, Harry N. Abrams, 2009.
  • Prisoner of Dieppe: World War II, Alistair Morrison, Occupied France, 1942, Scholastic Canada, 2010.
  • Deadly Voyage: RMS Titanic, Jamie Laidlaw, April 14, 1912, Scholastic Canada, 2011.
  • Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World, Crown Publishing Group, 2012.
  • From Vimy to Victory: Canada's Fight to the Finish in World War I, Scholastic Canada, 2014.
  • Unsinkable Lucile: How a Farm Girl Became the Queen of Fashion and Survived the Titanic, illus. by Laurie McGaw, Firefly Books, 2022.

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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 Шаблон:Cite web
  2. ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 Шаблон:Cite web
  3. ↑ Lara Purvis, "Body Politicker turned kids’ author gets nod from GG". Xtra Magazine, January 20, 2008.
  4. ↑ Val Ross, "Through the eyes of a Russian princess". The Globe and Mail, December 23, 1996.
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  10. ↑ Vanessa Farquharson, "Heavyweights vie for fiction prize; Two Islanders in the running for Governor General's Literary Awards". Victoria Times-Colonist, October 17, 2007.
  11. ↑ 11,0 11,1 Шаблон:Cite web
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