Jean Mills Explained

Jean Mills
Pseudonym:	Lillian Stone
Occupation:	Novelist, freelance writer
Nationality:	Canadian
Alma Mater:	Queen's University^[1]
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Jean Mills (born 1955) is a Canadian young adult and children's novelist, based in Guelph, Ontario. In addition to her novels and freelance writing, she has also served as a writing workshop presenter at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival and writer-in-residence at St. John's-Kilmarnock School.^[2]

Publications

• Larkin on the Shore (Red Deer Press, 2019)
• Skating Over Thin Ice (Red Deer Press, 2018)
• Dude! (with Heather Wright) (Marden Publishing, 2014)
• Andrew and the Babysitter (writing as Lillian Stone) (Caramel Tree, 2012)
• Joey and the Firehall Ghost (writing as Lillian Stone) (Caramel Tree, 2012)
• The Ugly Duckling (writing as Lillian Stone) (Caramel Tree, 2012)
• The Toymaker's Son (Pugwash Publishers, 2009)
• Abby and the Curling Chicks (Pugwash Publishers, 2003)
• The Legacy (Nelson Canada, 1991)
• Wild Dog Summer (Nelson Canada, 1990; re-issued by Pugwash Publishers, 2008)

Reception

• USBBY Outstanding International Books List -- Skating Over Thin Ice (2019)
• Nominee for the Forest of Reading Red Maple Award -- Skating Over Thin Ice (2019)^[3]
• Winner of the Professional Writers Association of Canada Barbara Novak Award for Memoir/Humour Writing -- "the roots of her story," published in The Globe and Mail (2009)^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jean Mills: About.
2. Web site: Jean Mills . . 2019-04-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190427001230/http://directory.bookcentre.ca/members/jeanmills42 . 2019-04-27 . dead .
3. Web site: 2019 Red Maple Award™ Fiction Nominees . . 2019-04-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190529122115/http://www.accessola.org/web/OLA/Forest_of_Reading/Awards_Nominees/Red_Maple__Fiction_Nominees_2019.aspx . 2019-05-29 . dead .
4. Web site: Jean Mills . .
5. Web site: The roots of her story . Jean. Mills. The Globe and Mail. 2008-04-23.