Jean Pendziwol

Jean E. Pendziwol (born 1965) is a Canadian writer of children's literature from Thunder Bay, Ontario. She is most noted for her book Skating Wild on an Inland Sea, which was the winner of both the Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration at the 2024 Governor General's Awards, and the 2024 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award.

Her book Once Upon a Northern Night was previously nominated for the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature at the 2013 Governor General's Awards, and for the TD Children's Literature award in 2014.

She has also published one adult novel, The Lightkeeper's Daughters.

Works Children's literature No Dragons for Tea - 1999 Dawn Watch - 2004 The Red Sash - 2005 Once Upon a Dragon - 2006 Marja's Skis - 2007 Once Upon a Northern Light - 2013 Me and You and the Red Canoe - 2017 I Found Hope in a Cherry Tree - 2020 When I Listen to Silence - 2022 Skating Wild on an Inland Sea - 2023 The Best Emma Ever - 2025

Adult fiction The Lightkeeper's Daughters - 2017