Duncan Weller

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Duncan Weller
BornMontreal, Canada[1]
OccupationWriter, illustrator
Alma materLakehead University

Duncan Weller is a Canadian writer and visual artist known for his children's picture books. Weller won a Governor General's Award and the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, for his picture book The Boy from the Sun.

Early life and education

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Weller was born in Montreal and grew up in Thunder Bay.[1] He attended Lakehead University, studying fine art.[1]

Career

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In 2008 Weller won the 2007 Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration for his book The Boy from the Sun.[1] The same book also won the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award, awarded by the Ontario Arts Foundation.[2]

In 2013 Weller self-published three hardcover children's picture books, The Love Ant, Big Electric Cat and The Ugg and the Drip. More recent books are: Hardball and Riley: The Ultimate Package (a collection of comics), The Chameleon Snake (a children's picture book), and a novel, We Play You.

He is a painter as well as a writer.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Winners of the 2007 Governor General's Literary Awards". canadacouncil.ca. 20 November 2007. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Ontario Arts Foundation / Fondation des Arts l'Ontario". ontarioartsfoundation.on.ca. 1 July 2014. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
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