Marthe Jocelyn

Marthe Jocelyn (born 1956) is a Canadian writer of over forty children's books. In 2009, she received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, an honour bestowed by the Writers' Trust of Canada to a writer or illustrator whose body of work has been "inspirational to Canadian youth".

Biography Jocelyn was born in 1956 in Toronto and was raised in Stratford, Ontario.

She is married to Tom Slaughter and has two daughters: Hannah and Nell. an honour bestowed by the Writers' Trust of Canada to a writer or illustrator whose body of work has been "inspirational to Canadian youth". Mable Riley (2004), Folly (2010), The Body under the Piano (2020), and Peril at Owl Park (2021). Two of her books have been included on USBBY's Outstanding International Books List: Would You (2009) and Sam Sorts (2018).

In 2007, the Toronto Public Library included Eats on their "list of the top 10 books of 2007 for children under the age of five". The same year, School Library Journal named How It Happened in Peach Hill one of the best children's books of the year.

Folly was named one of the Kirkus Reviews ' best books for teens in 2010, and Bank Street College of Education included it on their 2011 list of the best Historical Fiction for Children Ages 14+. TD Canadian Children's Literature Award Winner

ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection ALSC Notable Children's Books Selection 2010 Which Way? INDIES Award for Picture Books (Children's) Finalist 2011

INDIES Award for Young Adult Nonfiction (Children's) Finalist 2012 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-fiction Finalist 2014 Where Do You Look? Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award Finalist 2015 What We Hide Amy Mathers Teen Book Award Winner 2022 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile Finalist

Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence for Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime Book Shortlist Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile Winner Selected texts

Standalone books

Earthly Astonishments (2000) Hannah's Collections (2000) A Day with Nellie (2002) Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum, Peril, and Romance (2004) One Some Many, illustrated by Tom Slaughter (2004) Over Under, illustrated by Tom Slaughter (2005) ABC x 3, illustrated by Tom Slaughter (2005) How It Happened in Peach Hill (2007) Eats, illustrated by Tom Slaughter (2007) Ready for Summer (2008) Would You (2008) Same Same, illustrated by Tom Slaughter (2009) Folly (2010) Scribbling Women (2011) Ones and Twos, illustrated by Nell Jocelyn (2011) What We Hide (2014) Viminy Crowe's Comic Book, with Richard Scrimger, illustrated by Claudia Dávila (2014)

Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series The Aggie Morton books are illustrated by Isabelle Follath.

The Body Under the Piano (2020) Peril at Owl Park (2020) The Dead Man in the Garden (2021) The Seaside Corpse (2022)