Brian Doyle (Canadian writer)

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Brian Doyle
Born(1935-08-12)12 August 1935
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Died1 January 2026(2026-01-01) (aged 90)
Wakefield, Quebec, Canada
OccupationAuthor
EducationCarleton University
GenreChildren's literature
SpouseJackie Aronson
Children2

Brian Doyle (12 August 1935 – 1 January 2026) was a Canadian writer of novels and short stories. His children's books have been adapted into movies and plays. Many of his stories are drawn from his experiences growing up in the Ottawa area. He was awarded the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature in 2005 and was twice a finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

His writings evoke a strong sense of location, reflecting urban Ottawa and the Gatineau Valley. Angel Square and Easy Avenue are set in Ottawa in the 1940s and 50's; Spud Sweetgrass represents Ottawa in the early 1990s. Uncle Ronald and Covered Bridge draw on Brian Doyle's childhood memories of Ottawa and the Gatineau Valley.

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