Robert Paul Weston
Robert Paul Weston | |
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| Born | 21 October 1975 Dover, England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | British/Canadian |
| Genre | Young adult fiction, short stories |
| Notable works | Zorgamazoo |
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Robert Paul Weston (born 21 October 1975) is a British-born Canadian children's writer. His debut was the award-winning novel-in-verse, Zorgamazoo. His short fiction has appeared in literary journals in Canada, the UK and the United States.
His second novel, a dark fantasy for young adults entitled Dust City, was published in October 2010. The story is narrated by the son of the wolf who killed Little Red Riding Hood.
Personal life[]
Robert Paul Weston was born in 1975 in Dover, England to a British-Turkish father and an Indian-Grenadian mother.[1] He graduated from Queen's University in 1998 with a BA in Film and Sociology. From 2002 to 2004, he worked in Japan as a high school teacher. In 2006, he completed a masters of arts degree in creative writing from the University of British Columbia. Weston currently lives in London, England.
Prizes and honours[]
- 2011 California Young Reader Medal (for Zorgamazoo)[2]
- 2010 Silver Birch Fiction award (for Zorgamazoo)
- 2009 Shortlisted, E.B. White Read Aloud Award (for Zorgamazoo)
- 2009 Children's Literature Association Notable Books for 2009 (Zorgamazoo)
Works[]
Novels[]
- Zorgamazoo (2008) Razorbill
- Dust City (2010) Razorbill
- The Creature Department (2013) Razorbill
- Prince Puggly of Spud and the Kingdom of Spiff (2013) Puffin
- Gobbled by Ghorks (A Creature Department Novel) (2014) Razorbill
- Blues for Zoey (2016) Flux Books
Picture Books[]
Short stories[]
- "Mourning Sickness", On Spec, No. 62, Winter 2005
- "The Light Switch Method", Kiss Machine, No. 10, June 2005
- "Thinking of Alice", Crimewave Magazine, Vol. 9, Fall 2006
- "Stop Plate Tectonics", On Spec, No. 68, Spring 2007
- "Paris, France (Somnumbulitis)", The New Orleans Review, Vol. 33, No. 1, Fall 2007
- "Hummingbirds and Pie", Postscripts, Vol. 12, Autumn 2007
- "Salve", Postscripts, Vol. 14, Spring 2008
References[]
- ^ Stewart, Heather Grace (2009), A first novel in rhyming couplets?, Queen's University at Kingston, retrieved 16 April 2021,
Born in Dover, England, in 1975 to a British-Turkish father and an Indian-Grenadian mother, Robert spent most of his childhood in Georgetown, Ontario.
- ^ "Winners". California Young Reader Medal. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
External links[]
- Official website
- Zorgamazoo (official) – with biographical blurb
- Way of the West (blog)
- Interview, Just One More Book
- "2008 - Ones to Watch", The Vancouver Sun
- Online Interview
- Robert Paul Weston at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Robert Paul Weston at Library of Congress Authorities, with 5 catalog records
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- 21st-century Canadian short story writers
- British children's writers
- British fantasy writers
- British male short story writers
- British male novelists
- British people of Grenadian descent
- British people of Turkish descent
- Canadian people of Grenadian descent
- Canadian people of Turkish descent
- Canadian children's writers
- Canadian fantasy writers
- Canadian male short story writers
- Canadian male novelists
- English emigrants to Canada
- People from Dover, Kent
- Queen's University at Kingston alumni
- University of British Columbia alumni
- Writers from London
- Living people
- 21st-century Canadian male writers