Tyne Brown
BIOGRAPHY
Tyne’s love of children’s literature began as a child when she first heard stories by writers such as A.A. Milne, Beatrix Potter and H.C. Andersen. Her work has appeared in publications by the award-winning Cricket Magazine Group and Children’s Better Health Institute including Babybug, Ladybug, Spider, and Turtle as well as Pockets, Fandangle, Wee Ones, Writers’ Journal, and All Writes Reserved.
Tyne is a long time member of the steering committee of the Nova Scotia Children’s Literature Roundtable. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia. For several years she co-ordinated events for the Reading Tree at Word on the Street and was an active participant in the Writers in the Schools program. Tyne has lived and worked in the United States, Sweden, England and the Canadian Arctic and holds degrees from Dalhousie, McGill and Tufts universities.
AWARDS
Finalist in the 2005 Writers’ Union of Canada Writing for Children Competition
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Winner of the 2003 Writing for Children Award, South Shore Literary Club Maritime Writing Competition
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Recipient of a 2000 Nova Scotia Talent Trust Award
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Winner of the 1998 Joyce Barkhouse Writing for Children Award, WFNS Atlantic Writing Competition
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Finalist in the 1998 Writers’ Union of Canada Writing for Children Competition
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Second-place winner in the 1998 South Shore Literary Club Maritime Writing Competition (writing for children)
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Second-place winner in the 1996 WFNS Atlantic Writing Competition (writing for children)
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Winner of a 1996 Writers’ Journal Write to Win Competition (adult fiction)
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Second-place winner in the 1994 South Shore Literary Club Write Away Competition (writing for children)
