Marthe Jocelyn

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Born1956 (age 6869)
Toronto, Canada
Notable awards
SpouseTom Slaughter
Children2
Marthe Jocelyn
Born1956 (age 6869)
Toronto, Canada
Notable awards
SpouseTom Slaughter
Children2
Website
marthejocelyn.com

Marthe Jocelyn (born 1956)[1] is a Canadian writer of over forty children's books.[2][3] In 2009, she received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, an honour bestowed by the Writers' Trust of Canada to a writer or illustrator whose body of work has been "inspirational to Canadian youth".[4][5]

Jocelyn was born in 1956 in Toronto and was raised in Stratford, Ontario.[1] As a teenager, she attended a boarding school in Great Britain. After living in various areas, she settled in New York City,[1] where she lived for thirty years before returning to Stratford.[6]

She is married to Tom Slaughter and has two daughters: Hannah and Nell.[1] Tom and Nell have contributed illustrations to a number of her children's books.

Aside from writing, Jocelyn owned Jesse Design, a "toy and clothing design firm", for fifteen years.[1]

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