Godfrey began writing children's stories in the 1980s. In 1989, he was the Edmonton Public Library's writer-in-residence, and that same year won the Geoffrey Bilson Award for his book, Mystery in the Frozen Lands.[1] He became one of Canada's most popular and prolific children's writers. He went on to sell millions of books, both in Canada and throughout the rest of the world.[citation needed]
In 2000, he died of complications due to liver disease.[2] After his death, the Young Alberta Book Society began presenting an annual Martyn Godfrey Young Writers Award in his name.
martyn, godfrey, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, june, 2011. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Martyn Godfrey news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message Martyn Godfrey April 17 1949 March 10 2000 was an English Canadian author of children s fantasy and science fiction books Born in Birmingham England he moved to Toronto Ontario when he was eight Godfrey graduated from University of Alberta in 1974 with a teacher education degree Godfrey began writing children s stories in the 1980s In 1989 he was the Edmonton Public Library s writer in residence and that same year won the Geoffrey Bilson Award for his book Mystery in the Frozen Lands 1 He became one of Canada s most popular and prolific children s writers He went on to sell millions of books both in Canada and throughout the rest of the world citation needed In 2000 he died of complications due to liver disease 2 After his death the Young Alberta Book Society began presenting an annual Martyn Godfrey Young Writers Award in his name Novels EditThe Vandarian Incident 1981 The Day the Sky Exploded 1981 Alien Wargames 1984 Spin Out 1984 The Beast 1984 Fire Fire 1985 Ice Hawk 1985 The Last War 1986 Plan B Is Total Panic 1986 Do You Want Fries With That 1986 Rebel Yell 1987 It Seemed Like A Good Idea at the Time 1987 More Than Weird 1987 Wild Night 1987 Baseball Crazy 1987 Mystery in the Frozen Lands 1988 Why Just Me 1989 Just Call Me Boom Boom 1994 Meet You in the Sewer There s a Cow in My Swimming Pool The Great Science Fair Disaster The Jaws Mob series Ms Teeny Wonderful Series Here She Is Ms Teeny Wonderful 1984 It Isn t Easy Being Ms Teeny Wonderful 1987 Send in Ms Teeny Wonderful 1988 I Spent My Summer Vacation in Space 1990 Wally Stutzgummer Super Bad Dude 1992 Please Remove Your Elbow From My Ear 1993 Mall Rats 1995 The Things 1995 Don t Worry About Me I m Just Crazy 1995 References Edit Goodreads よく下調べをしたうえで依頼 水道業者の仕事とは 大切なトイレを掃除する External links EditTrackO com Famous Albertans fantasticfiction Martyn Godfrey Young Writers Award This article about an English writer poet or playwright is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Martyn Godfrey amp oldid 1127133861, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
