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A master storyteller, has won countless awards for his novels, poetry, screenplays, journalism, comics, song lyrics, and theatrical dramas. His books include American Gods, Coraline, and Odd and the Frost Giants.
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's The Graveyard Book was recently awarded an Audie Award for not only Children's Title Ages 8-12 but also was named Audiobook of the Year. This award no doubt holds special significance to the author as The Graveyard Book was read by Gaiman himself.
Also honoured was Canadian science fiction giant , whose excellent novel Calculating God (read by Jonathan Davis) won Science Fiction/Fantasy Audio Book of the Year.
A full list of winners in all categories may be found here.
Categories: Awards, Authors, SciFi & Fantasy
Denare Beach author, , has been awarded the Canadian Science Writers' 2008 Science in Society Journalism Award in the children's book category for her book The Canadian Shield Alphabet. Guymer attended the gala awards event in Sudbury Saturday, May 23 to accept the certificate and $1,000.
Categories: Awards, Authors, Saskatoon
Sir , author of the bestselling Discworld series, was on hand in Wincanton, Somerset to unveil the street names inspired by his novels. Wincanton's link to Pratchett's fictional universe began in 2002 when the town was officially twinned with Ankh-Morpork, a Discworld city. Residents were asked to vote for their favourite road names from a list of fourteen provided by the author. Pratchett quipped: "Personally, I'd pay good money to live somewhere called Treacle Mine Road."
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In September , the Canadian author of over 50 novels for children and young adults, will be in Winnipeg to receive the 2008 MYRCA - Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award for his powerful novel, We All Fall Down.
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