Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Kyo Maclear (born 1970) is a Canadian novelist and children's author.Maclear was born in England and moved to Canada at a young age. She is of mixed British-Japanese descent. Her father is the journalist and documentary filmmaker Michael Maclear.She studied fine art and art history at the University of Toronto and also completed an M.A. in cultural studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in 1996. Her graduate thesis, Beclouded Visions: Hiroshima-Nagasaki and the art of Witness was published by the State University of New York Press. She is a noted visual arts writer and has written numerous essays and art criticism which have been widely published in art catalogues and magazines. She was awarded the K.M. Hunter Artists Award in 2009.She is the author of two novels: The Letter Opener (2007) and Stray Love (2012); and three illustrated books for children, Spork (2010) and Virginia Wolf (2012), illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault; and Mr. Flux (2013), illustrated by Matte Stephens. The Letter Opener was shortlisted for the 2007 Amazon/Books in Canada First Novel Award.. }
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- Kyo_Maclear abstract "Kyo Maclear (born 1970) is a Canadian novelist and children's author.Maclear was born in England and moved to Canada at a young age. She is of mixed British-Japanese descent. Her father is the journalist and documentary filmmaker Michael Maclear.She studied fine art and art history at the University of Toronto and also completed an M.A. in cultural studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in 1996. Her graduate thesis, Beclouded Visions: Hiroshima-Nagasaki and the art of Witness was published by the State University of New York Press. She is a noted visual arts writer and has written numerous essays and art criticism which have been widely published in art catalogues and magazines. She was awarded the K.M. Hunter Artists Award in 2009.She is the author of two novels: The Letter Opener (2007) and Stray Love (2012); and three illustrated books for children, Spork (2010) and Virginia Wolf (2012), illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault; and Mr. Flux (2013), illustrated by Matte Stephens. The Letter Opener was shortlisted for the 2007 Amazon/Books in Canada First Novel Award.".