During the late nineteenth century, in a mere dot of a town of Westley, lives Josephine. “Earthly Astonishments” is the first stand alone novel and was released in the year 2000. One of her picture books, called “Sam Sorts”, was honored by the United States Board on Books for Youth as being an Outstanding International Book. “Hannah’s Collections” was shortlisted for a Governor General’s Literary Award for illustration. “Mable Riley” won the inaugural TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. “Earthly Astonishments” was shortlisted for the Red Cedar Book Award and the Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award, and was a finalist for the Canadian Library book of the Year for Children Award. Marthe is a recipient of the prestigious Vicky Metcalf Award for her body of work in the year 2009. She also owned her own company for fifteen years, which was called Jesse Design.įor thirty years, she lived in New York City, however returned to Canada, living in the city that her parents grew up in, Stratford, Ontario. Marthe had a bunch of different jobs before becoming an author, which include: a cookie seller, a sailor, a toy designer, a theatre usher, a photo stylist, and a waitress. She attended high school in Toronto, however she chose to work instead of attending college. With her brothers and sister, she performed quite a few circuses and plays in the backyard. When she was a child, she enjoyed books and going to the theatre. Author Marthe Jocelyn was born in Toronto, Ontario in the year 1956.
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