Johnathan Auxier
- Part-Time Instructor
JONATHAN AUXIER has been writing and teaching for 20 years. He is a NYT Bestselling author of strange stories for strange children. His first novel PETER NIMBLE was an ABA New Voices pick and a BookPage Magazine "Best Book" of 2011. His bestselling THE NIGHT GARDENER was a Junior Library Guild selection, an ABA IndieNext pick, an Amazon Editor's Pick of the Month, and winner of the TD Book Prize and ILA Book Award. His most recent novel, SWEEP, received six starred reviews as well as the Governor General’s Award, Charlotte Huck Award, and Sydney Taylor Award. His new series for younger readers, THE FABLED STABLES, is in bookstores now. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family and their adorable pet umbrella.