Hugh Brewster

Hugh Brewster
Born (1950-05-26) May 26, 1950 (age 74)
London, England
OccupationAuthor and editor
NationalityCanadian
EducationUniversity of Guelph (BA)
GenreChildren's nonfiction
Notable awards
Website
hughbrewster.com

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.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Brewster, Hugh 1950–". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  2. ^ a b c d e "CM Magazine Profile: Hugh Brewster". Canadian Review of Materials. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  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.
  5. ^ "Anastasia's Album | Awards & Grants". American Library Association. February 11, 2010. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  6. ^ "1998 Silver Birch Award Recipient: Hugh Brewster". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  7. ^ "1999 Red Cedar Book Award Recipient: Hugh Brewster". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  8. ^ "Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2006-09-29. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  9. ^ "2005 Information Book Award Recipient: Hugh Brewster". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  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. ^ a b "Previous TD Canadian Children's Literature Award Winners and Finalists". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  12. ^ "Previous Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction Winners and Finalists". The Canadian Children's Book Centre. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  13. ^ "2008 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction Recipient: Hugh Brewster". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  14. ^ "Former Winners". The Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  15. ^ "Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award Archives". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  16. ^ "2012 Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award Recipient: Hugh Brewster". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  17. ^ Robertson, Becky (2015-09-10). "Marianne Dubuc, Eric Walters, Cybele Young among 2015 Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards finalists". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  18. ^ "Finalists Announced for the 2015 Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards". Canadian Children's Book Centre. 2015-09-08. Archived from the original on 2022-11-28. Retrieved 2023-05-15.