Biography
David Huyck adores stories of all kinds and any way he can get them. He loves books, comics, animation and movies, and he especially likes when there is a mystery to be solved or a bad guy to vanquish. Some of his favorite stories have been improvised by his friends, sitting around a table with a pile of twenty-sided dice.#Growing up outside of Chicago, candy, cartoons and Legos were almost as important to David as pencils and drawing paper. In more recent years, he has also successfully experimented with printmaking, painting, sculpting, computer programming, and teaching all of these things. His artwork has appeared on T-shirts and toys, in magazines and books, and one thing he made went on a trip to the South Pole.#David lives with his family in a 118-year-old house with bees in the backyard. If he’s not drawing or making stuff in his subterranean studio, he probably joined his family for a walk in the woods, or he rolled a critical fail trying to attack the eye of a Beholder.#Instagram/Twitter: @huyckd Website: davidhuyck.com
Awards
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That One Spooky Night
2013 - Best Books for Kids & Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Winner
2013 - Hackmatack's Children's Choice Book Award, , Commended
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Wingmaker
2022 - Jean Throop Book Award, IODE, Commended
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Manners Are Not for Monkeys
2017 - Rainforest of Reading Readers' Choice Award, OneWorld Schoolhouse Foundation, Winner
2016 - Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Winner
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If Kids Ruled the World
2016 - Blue Spruce Award, Ontario Library Association, Winner
2015 - Shining Willow Award, Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice, Winner
2014 - 2014 OLA Best Bet List for Children, OLA’s Canadian Materials Committee, Winner
Picture Books
This Is Not My Story, 2023
Wingmaker, 2021
Manners Are Not for Monkeys, 2016
If Kids Ruled the World, 2014Graphic Novel
That One Spooky Night, 2012