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ⓘ About Tim Wynne-Jones
Author Tim Wynne-Jones was born August 12, 1948 in Bromborough, Cheshire, Great Britain. He emigrated to Canada in the year 1952 and grew up in Ontario and British Columbia. He is an English-Canadian writer of children’s literature, which includes picture books and novels for children and young adults. He writes the “Rex Zero” series and the “Zoom” series. He won an Arthur Ellis Award (Best Juvenile) and an Edgar Award (Best Young Adult) for “The Boy in the Burning House”. In the year 2012, he was Canada’s nominee for the biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his work as a children’s author. “Odd’s End” was awarded a fifty thousand dollar Seal First Novel Award. “Zoom Away” won the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award.
All Book Series by Tim Wynne-Jones
Rex Zero, The Great Pretender
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2009
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Book 21 of 26 · published 2007 Co-authored · Eoin Colfer,Roddy Doyle,David Almond,Nick Hornby,Linda Sue Park
Secret Agent Man Goes Shopping for Shoes
Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2016
War at the Snow White Motel and Other Stories
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2020
Emily, Veronica, Frederick, and Friends
Series opener · book 1 of 8 · published 1992
Boys' Own: An Anthology of Canadian Fiction for Young Readers
Book 4 of 8 · published 2001
An International Christmas: Seasonal Stories and Poems from Canada and Around the World
Book 5 of 8 · published 2004
Here I Stand: Stories That Speak For Freedom
Latest in the series · book 8 of 8 · published 2016
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Tim Wynne-Jones?
Author Tim Wynne-Jones was born August 12, 1948 in Bromborough, Cheshire, Great Britain. He emigrated to Canada in the year 1952 and grew up in Ontario and British Columbia. He is an English-Canadian writer of children's literature, which includes picture books and novels for children and young adults.
Which Tim Wynne-Jones series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Zoom Trilogy series, the earliest of Tim Wynne-Jones's multi-book series: it opens with Zoom at Sea (1983) and runs to 3 books across 1983–1992, ending with Zoom Upstream (1992). Tim Wynne-Jones's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Tim Wynne-Jones written?
Tim Wynne-Jones has 50 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1977 and 2020. 6 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Rex Zero series with 3 books — and 44 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Tim Wynne-Jones's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Tim Wynne-Jones's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Zoom Trilogy (1983–1992, 3 books) and Rex Zero (2006–2009, 3 books).
How are Tim Wynne-Jones's books organised into series?
This guide splits Tim Wynne-Jones's 50 books into 2 named series and 44 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Rex Zero (3 books, 2006–2009); Zoom Trilogy (3 books, 1983–1992).