Robert Paul Weston

Robert Paul Weston
BornDover, England
OccupationWriter
NationalityBritish/Canadian
GenreYoung adult fiction, short stories
Notable worksZorgamazoo
Website
robertpaulweston.com

Robert Paul Weston is a British-born Canadian author of novels for children and young adults. His debut was the award-winning novel-in-verse, Zorgamazoo. His second novel, Dust City, a dark fantasy for young adults, is narrated by the son of the wolf who killed Little Red Riding Hood. The book was shortlisted for the 2011 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Mystery.

He publishes short fiction internationally and teaches Creative Writing at the University of Lincoln.

Personal life

Robert Paul Weston was born in 1975 in Dover, England to a Grenadian-Indian mother and a British-Turkish father.[1] He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.

Prizes and honours

  • 2009 E.B. White Read Aloud Honour (for Zorgamazoo)
  • 2009 Children's Literature Association Notable Books of 2009 (Zorgamazoo)
  • 2010 Silver Birch Fiction Award (for Zorgamazoo)
  • 2011 California Young Reader Medal (for Zorgamazoo)[2]
  • 2011 Edgar Allan Poe Honour, Best Young Adult Mystery (Dust City)[3]

Works

Novels

Picture books

  • Sakura's Cherry Blossoms (2018) Tundra
  • Natsumi's Song of Summer (2020) Tundra

Short fiction

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Winners". California Young Reader Medal. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2011 | Bookreporter.com". www.bookreporter.com. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

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