Jean Mills
# Jean Mills

Jean Mills (born 1955) is a Canadian young adult and children's novelist, based in Guelph, Ontario. In addition to her novels and freelance writing, she has also served as a writing workshop presenter at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival and writer-in-residence at St. John's-Kilmarnock School.

## Publications

* Larkin on the Shore (Red Deer Press, 2019)
* Skating Over Thin Ice (Red Deer Press, 2018)
* Dude! (with Heather Wright) (Marden Publishing, 2014)
* Andrew and the Babysitter (writing as Lillian Stone) (Caramel Tree, 2012)
* Joey and the Firehall Ghost (writing as Lillian Stone) (Caramel Tree, 2012)
* The Ugly Duckling (writing as Lillian Stone) (Caramel Tree, 2012)
* The Toymaker's Son (Pugwash Publishers, 2009)
* Abby and the Curling Chicks (Pugwash Publishers, 2003)
* The Legacy (Nelson Canada, 1991)
* Wild Dog Summer (Nelson Canada, 1990; re-issued by Pugwash Publishers, 2008)

## Reception

* USBBY Outstanding International Books List -- Skating Over Thin Ice (2019)
* Nominee for the Forest of Reading Red Maple Award -- Skating Over Thin Ice (2019)
* Winner of the Professional Writers Association of Canada Barbara Novak Award for Memoir/Humour Writing -- "the roots of her story," published in The Globe and Mail (2009)
