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Jo Walton
Jo Walton (born December 1, 1964 in Aberdare〔(Jo Walton's Among Others: 'It's a mythologisation of part of my life' ) at the Guardian; by David Barnett; published October 2, 2012; retrieved November 4, 2013〕) is a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet. She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2002 and the World Fantasy award for her novel ''Tooth and Claw'' in 2004. Her novel ''Ha'penny'' was a co-winner of the 2008 Prometheus Award. Her novel ''Lifelode'' won the 2010 Mythopoeic Award. Her novel ''Among Others'' won the 2011 Nebula Award for Best Novel,〔(2011 Nebula Award Winners ) at Locus Online News, published May 19, 2012, retrieved May 20, 2012〕 and the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novel,〔(Announcing the 2012 Hugo Award Winners ) at Tor.com, published September 2, 2012, retrieved September 2, 2012]〕 and is one of only seven novels to have been nominated for the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, and World Fantasy Award.
== Background ==
Walton was born in Aberdare, in the Cynon Valley of Wales. She went to Park School in Aberdare, then Aberdare Girls’ Grammar School. She lived for a year in Cardiff and went to Howell's School Llandaff, then finished her education at Oswestry School in Shropshire, and at the University of Lancaster. She lived in London for two years, lived in Lancaster until 1997, then moved to Swansea, where she lived until moving to Canada in 2002.
Walton speaks Welsh, saying "it's the second language of my family of origin, my grandmother was a well known Welsh scholar and translator, I studied it in school from five to sixteen, I have a ten year old's fluency on grammar and vocab but no problem whatsoever with pronunciation".
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