Tim Wynne-jones

Tim was born in Cheshire and moved to Canada at the age of four. He now lives in the wilderness in Ontario, in a house he designed himself, which sits on 76 acres of rough and tumble landscape, the perfect inspiration for The Survival Game.

Tim began his writing career one summer holiday using a rented Smith Corona electronic typewriter. His first book won a prize, and Tim decided “this writing thing might be fun”.Since then, he has won numerous awards including the Canadian Library Association’s Children’s Book of the Year Award three times; the American Library Association Popular Paperback for Young Adults; the Edgar Award of the Mystery Writers of America for The Boy in the Burning House, and the Governor General’s Award, twice, for Some of the Kinder Planets and The Survival Game.

A few little known facts about Tim:

- He hit the headlines and gained a place in the Guinness Book of Records by taking part in the biggest author reading ever, when along with J.K. Rowling and Kenneth Oppel he read to an audience of 20,000 at the Toronto Sky Dome.

- He co-wrote sixteen songs for the Jim Henson show Fraggle Rock.

- He is lead singer and songwriter in a band called Louis the Dreamer.

To read an extended biography of Tim, click here.

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Featured Books, with extracts by Tim Wynne-jones

Blink and Caution
Tim Wynne-jones
Award-winning crime writer Tim Wynne-Jones toughly tells a gripping and poignant story of two teens swept up into a major crime. Blink is only a skinny kid who’s on the run and surviving on his wits; Caution is also on...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Undercover Reads
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2012
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Thief In The House Of Memory
Tim Wynne-jones
A brilliantly taut psychological thriller from Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize shortlisted author Tim Wynne-Jones. A real page-turner and one that will stay in your mind after you’ve finished it. There’s a real brooding tensionto this haunting story of secrets and...
Featured in: 11+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/01/2007
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Survival Game
Tim Wynne-jones
This is chilling stuff but also completely unputdownable.  The strained relationship between father and son is deftly handled and the setting is vividly portrayed.  You’re sure to urge on the son as he desperately seeks to evade capture by his...
Featured in: 9+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 28/01/2006
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