Duncan Weller
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Duncan Weller a writer and illustrator of children’s picture books, winning two of Canada’s top awards for his third and latest picture book, The Boy from the Sun. He is also a visual artist and writer of poetry and short stories for adults. He has written a young adult novel, Undercats, and continues to paint in various mediums with themes for adults and children, which he exhibits regularly.
Weller was born in Lennoxville, Quebec in 1975 to young British immigrants. His father, Geoffrey Weller, became a professor of political studies at Lakehead University
in Thunder Bay, Ontario
. Geoffrey’s work in administration and comparative studies of the political, economic, and health care systems of the Northern hemisphere helped in securing Geoffrey’s position as the founding president of the University of Northern British Columbia in 1991, which at the time, was the first university to be built in Canada in twenty-five years. Geoffrey Weller served two terms as president before succumbing to lung cancer in 2000. Duncan’s mother, Jean Weller is an award winning quilter who shows her work regularly, and has exhibited in the United States, Norway, and across Canada. Duncan has two brothers: Eric, who teaches and makes films, and Alexander, who operates a retail outlet for martial/fantasy themed arts equipment.
After graduating from Lakehead University
having studied English Literature and Fine Art, Duncan moved from Thunder Bay
to Toronto, then to Victoria, North Vancouver, Montreal and back to Thunder Bay where he held various jobs before winning the Governor General’s Award and securing several grants to continue work on his paintings, animation, and picture books for children.
Duncan’s first book, Spacesnake was written and illustrated when he was nineteen years of age. Shortly thereafter he conceived of several other picture books including The Boy from the Sun which he began illustrating at the age of twenty-two, but did not complete until thirteen years later, explaining that he was waiting to be inspired with an appropriate ending. Many of the individual illustrations for Duncan’s books require two months of full time work.
Weller was born in Lennoxville, Quebec in 1975 to young British immigrants. His father, Geoffrey Weller, became a professor of political studies at Lakehead University
Lakehead University
Lakehead University is a public research university in Thunder Bay, and Orillia, Ontario, Canada.Lakehead University, shortened to 'Lakehead U', or 'LU', is non-denominational and provincially supported. It has undergraduate and graduate programs and a medical school.The school has more than 45,000...
in Thunder Bay, Ontario
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario, and the second most populous in Northern Ontario after Greater Sudbury...
. Geoffrey’s work in administration and comparative studies of the political, economic, and health care systems of the Northern hemisphere helped in securing Geoffrey’s position as the founding president of the University of Northern British Columbia in 1991, which at the time, was the first university to be built in Canada in twenty-five years. Geoffrey Weller served two terms as president before succumbing to lung cancer in 2000. Duncan’s mother, Jean Weller is an award winning quilter who shows her work regularly, and has exhibited in the United States, Norway, and across Canada. Duncan has two brothers: Eric, who teaches and makes films, and Alexander, who operates a retail outlet for martial/fantasy themed arts equipment.
After graduating from Lakehead University
Lakehead University
Lakehead University is a public research university in Thunder Bay, and Orillia, Ontario, Canada.Lakehead University, shortened to 'Lakehead U', or 'LU', is non-denominational and provincially supported. It has undergraduate and graduate programs and a medical school.The school has more than 45,000...
having studied English Literature and Fine Art, Duncan moved from Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay
-In Canada:Thunder Bay is the name of three places in the province of Ontario, Canada along Lake Superior:*Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a district in Northwestern Ontario*Thunder Bay, a city in Thunder Bay District*Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario...
to Toronto, then to Victoria, North Vancouver, Montreal and back to Thunder Bay where he held various jobs before winning the Governor General’s Award and securing several grants to continue work on his paintings, animation, and picture books for children.
Duncan’s first book, Spacesnake was written and illustrated when he was nineteen years of age. Shortly thereafter he conceived of several other picture books including The Boy from the Sun which he began illustrating at the age of twenty-two, but did not complete until thirteen years later, explaining that he was waiting to be inspired with an appropriate ending. Many of the individual illustrations for Duncan’s books require two months of full time work.