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Kyo Maclear
Born Kyo Iona Maclear
1970 (age 53–54)
Nationality Canadian
Alma mater
Notable works Unearthing, Birds Art Life, Virginia Wolf, The Liszts, It Began with a Page

Kyo Maclear (born 1970) is a Canadian novelist and children's author.

Maclear was born in London, England and moved to Toronto, Canada at a young age. Her father is journalist and documentary filmmaker Michael Maclear and her mother is Japanese artist and gallerist Yoko Maclear (nee Koide). She studied fine art and art history at the University of Toronto, completed an Master of Arts in cultural studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in 1996, and obtained a doctorate in environmental humanities and education at York University in 2018.

Awards and honors

Three of Maclear's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Bloom (2018), Operatic (2019), and It Began with a Page (2020).

Four of her books have been included on lists of the best books of the year. In 2016, Shelf Awareness included The Liszts on their list of the best picture books of the year. In 2019, Kirkus Reviews and the Chicago Public Library named It Began with a Page one of the best books of the year. Booklist included it on their 2020 "Top 10 Biographies for Youth" and "Top 10 Arts Books for Youth" lists. In 2019, Booklist included Operatic on their "Top 10 Graphic Novels for Youth" and "Top 10 Arts Books for Youth" lists. In 2021, The Horn Book Magazine and Publishers Weekly named The Big Bath House one of the best picture books of the year.

Kumo the Bashful Cloud, illustrated by Nathalie Dion, won the 2023 Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration.

In 2023, she was the winner of the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, a career achievement award for her body of work.

Awards for Maclear's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2018 Birds Art Life Trillium Book Award Winner '
2008 The Letter Opener Amazon.ca First Novel Award Finalist
2017 Birds Art Life Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Shortlist
2019 Bloom Amelia Bloomer Book List Selection
It Began With a Page Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth Selection
Operatic Cybils Award for Elementary and Middle Grade Graphic Novel Finalist
2020 It Began With a Page ALSC Notable Children's Books Selection
It Began With a Page Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Honor
Operatic Forest of Reading Red Maple Award Finalist
2021 It Began with a Page Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top 10
2022 The Big Bath House ALSC Notable Children's Books Selection
2023 Unearthing Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction Winner
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