Martyn Godfrey

Martyn Godfrey(April 17, 1949 — March 10, 2000) was anEnglish-Canadianauthorof children'sfantasyandscience fictionbooks. Born inBirmingham,England, he moved toToronto,Ontariowhen he was eight. Godfrey graduated fromUniversity of Albertain 1974 with ateacher educationdegree.

Godfrey began writing children's stories in the 1980s. In 1989, he was theEdmonton Public Library's writer-in-residence, and that same year won theGeoffrey Bilson Awardfor his book,Mystery in the Frozen Lands.He became one of Canada's most popular and prolificchildren's writers.He went on to sell millions of books, both in Canada and throughout the rest of the world.

In 2000, he died of complications due toliver disease.After his death, the Young Alberta Book Society began presenting an annual Martyn Godfrey Young Writers Award in his name.

Novels

• The Vandarian Incident(1981)
• The Day the Sky Exploded(1981)
• Alien Wargames(1984)
• Spin Out(1984)
• The Beast(1984)
• Fire! Fire!(1985)
• Ice Hawk(1985)
• The Last War(1986)
• Plan B Is Total Panic(1986)
• Do You Want Fries With That?(1986)
• Rebel Yell(1987)
• It Seemed Like A Good Idea at the Time(1987)
• More Than Weird(1987)
• Wild Night(1987)
• Baseball Crazy(1987)
• Mystery in the Frozen Lands(1988)
• Why Just Me?(1989)
• Just Call Me Boom Boom(1994)
• Meet You in the Sewer( )
• There's a Cow in My Swimming Pool( )
• The Great Science Fair Disaster( )
• The Jaws Mob series( )
• Ms. Teeny-Wonderful Series:

1. Here She Is, Ms. Teeny Wonderful!(1984)
2. It Isn't Easy Being Ms. Teeny Wonderful(1987)
3. Send in Ms Teeny-Wonderful(1988)

• I Spent My Summer Vacation in Space(1990)

1. Wally Stutzgummer, Super Bad Dude(1992)

• Please Remove Your Elbow From My Ear(1993)
• Mall-Rats(1995)
• The Things(1995)
• Don't Worry About Me, I'm Just Crazy(1995)

External links

• TrackO.com
• Famous Albertans
• fantasticfiction
• Martyn Godfrey Young Writers Award