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Shane Peacock is a Canadian novelist, playwright, journalist, and television screenwriter. His first book The Great Farini was a biography of the colourful Canadian personality William Leonard Hunt. His plays have been produced by the 4th Line Theatre; his documentaries have included Team Spirit, aired on the CTV national network, and among his novels are Last Message, part of the Seven Series for young readers;[1] Double You, its sequel; and Separated, its prequel.
His best-selling series for young adults, The Boy Sherlock Holmes, has been published in ten countries in twelve languages and has appeared on more than forty shortlists.[2] It won the prestigious IODE Violet Downey Book Award,[3] two Arthur Ellis Awards for crime fiction,[4] the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award, the Libris Award, and has been a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award and three times nominated for the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award. As well, each novel in the series was named a Junior Library Guild Premier Selection.[5] His first picture book, The Artist and Me, appeared in 2016 and quickly became a Junior Library Guild selection, Blue Spruce Award[6] and Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award nominee.[7] His teen Gothic horror trilogy, The Dark Missions of Edgar Brim, begun in 2016, became a John Spray Mystery Award nominee[8] and was followed in early 2018 by Monster.
Bibliography
Novels
The Dark Missions of Edgar Brim
- The Dark Missions of Edgar Brim (2016)
- Monster (2018)
- Demon (2019)
The Boy Sherlock Holmes
- Eye of the Crow (2007)
- Death in the Air (2008)
- Vanishing Girl (2009)
- The Secret Fiend (2010)
- The Dragon Turn (2011)
- Becoming Holmes (2012)
The Dylan Maples Adventures
- The Mystery of Ireland's Eye (1999)
- The Secret of the Silver Mines (2001)
- Bone Beds of the Badlands (2002)
- Monster in the Mountains (2003)
- Phantom of Fire (2019)
Picture Books
1. "The Artist and Me" (2016)
History
- The Great Farini: The High Wire Life of William Hunt (1995)
- Unusual Heroes (2002)
Plays
- The Great Farini, 4th Line Theatre (1994)
- The Devil and Joseph Scriven, 4th Line Theatre (1999, 2000)
- The Art of Silent Killing, 4th Line Theatre (2006)
References
- ^ "Seven Series". Orca Books. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- ^ "Shane Peacock". Vancouver Writers Fest.
- ^ "IODE Canada". Iode.ca. May 23, 2008. Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
- ^ Crime Writers Canada Archived September 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Junior Library Guild". Junior Library Guild. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
- ^ "The Artist and Me". Junior Library Guild.
- ^ "Previous Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award Winners and Finalists". Canadian Children's Book Centre.
- ^ "Previous John Spray Mystery Award Winners and Finalists". Canadian Children's Book Centre.