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# Jo Walton

(1964)   Novelist   Canada

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Jo Walton is a novelist from Canada, best known for *Among Others*.

## Quick Facts About Jo Walton

Born December 1, 1964

Nationality Canada

Profession Novelist

Notable works Among Others

## About Jo Walton

Jo Walton is a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet. She is best known for the fantasy novel Among Others, which won the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 2012, and Tooth and Claw, a Victorian-era novel with dragons which won the World Fantasy Award in 2004. Other works by Walton include the Small Change series, in which she blends alternate history with the cozy mystery genre, comprising Farthing, Ha'penny and Half a Crown. Her fantasy novel Lifelode won the 2010 Mythopoeic Award, and her alternate history My Real Children received the 2015 Tiptree Award.

## Awards & Honors

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Q138504110 Hugo Award for Best Novel Nebula Award for Best Novel World Fantasy Award for Best Novel Astounding Award for Best New Writer Otherwise Award Copper Cylinder Award

Show 2 more awards Q130820029 Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel

##  Quotes by Jo Walton · Page 2

> [“It’s lovely when writers I like like each other.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/it-s-lovely-when-writers-i-like-like-each-other/)

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> [You can't do magic with books unless they're very special copies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/you-can-t-do-magic-with-books-unless-they-re-very-special-copies/)

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[Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/)

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> [I care more about the people in books than the people I see every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/i-care-more-about-the-people-in-books-than-the-people-i-see-every-day/)

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> [It's amazing how large the things are that it's possible to overlook.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/it-s-amazing-how-large-the-things-are-that-it-s-possible-to-overlook/)

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> [Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/interlibrary-loans-are-a-wonder-of-the-world-and-a-glory-of/)

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[Civilization](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civilization/)

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> [“I would rather have Sign of the Unicorn than all the boys in the valleys.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/i-would-rather-have-sign-of-the-unicorn-than-all-the-boys-in-the/)

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> [“1 tatty old man in jeans—what was he thinking? Jeans are for young people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/1-tatty-old-man-in-jeans-what-was-he-thinking-jeans-are-for-young/)

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[Jeans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jeans/)

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> [“I'll belong to libraries wherever I go. Maybe eventually I'll belong to libraries on other planets.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/i-ll-belong-to-libraries-wherever-i-go-maybe-eventually-i-ll-belong/)

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[Eventually](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eventually/)

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> [“The worst of anything she could do to me would be to make me like her. That's why I ran away.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/the-worst-of-anything-she-could-do-to-me-would-be-to-make-me-like-her/)

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[Coming of age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coming-of-age/)

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> [Bibliotropic," Hugh said. "Like sunflowers are heliotropic, they naturally turn towards the sun. We naturally turn towards the bookshop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/bibliotropic-hugh-said-like-sunflowers-are-heliotropic-they-naturally/)

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[Bookshops](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bookshops/)

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> [It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/it-doesn-t-matter-i-have-books-new-books-and-i-can-bear-anything-as/)

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[Bears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bears/)

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> [“They hang people for murder, and while I didn't exactly like Mummy, she was my mother after all. Though do they hang…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/they-hang-people-for-murder-and-while-i-didn-t-exactly-like-mummy-she/)

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[Parenting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parenting/)

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> [Before I got glasses, I thought Monet was the world's only realist landscape painter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/before-i-got-glasses-i-thought-monet-was-the-world-s-only-realist/)

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[Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/)

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> [“A rose, with the motto Dum spiro spero , which actually I rather like—while I breathe I shall hope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/a-rose-with-the-motto-dum-spiro-spero-which-actually-i-rather-like/)

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[Flowers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flowers/)

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> [“I couldn’t be anything. I could barely manage to hold out my shape in the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/i-couldn-t-be-anything-i-could-barely-manage-to-hold-out-my-shape-in/)

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[Barely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barely/)

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> [“It’s the books I love best that are the hardest to write about. I don’t want to take one angle on them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/it-s-the-books-i-love-best-that-are-the-hardest-to-write-about-i-don/)

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> [“She felt her strong young body that she had never appreciated when she had it, constantly worrying that she didn't meet standards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/she-felt-her-strong-young-body-that-she-had-never-appreciated-when/)

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[Appreciation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appreciation/)

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> [“He was guillotined in the French Revolution, and he said he’d keep blinking his eyes after his head was off, for as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/he-was-guillotined-in-the-french-revolution-and-he-said-he-d-keep/)

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[French revolution](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/french-revolution/)

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> [Class is entirely intangible, and the way it affects things isn't subject to scientific analysis, and it's not supposed to be real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/class-is-entirely-intangible-and-the-way-it-affects-things-isn-t/)

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[Analysis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/analysis/)

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> [I am reading The Lord of the Rings. I suddenly wanted to. I almost know it by heart, but I can still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/i-am-reading-the-lord-of-the-rings-i-suddenly-wanted-to-i-almost-know/)

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[Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/)

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> [“The thing with dying, well, with death really, is that there's a difference between being someone who knows they can really die…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/the-thing-with-dying-well-with-death-really-is-that-there-s-a/)

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[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

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> [If the purpose of literature is to illuminate human nature, the purpose of fantastic literature is to do that from a wider…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/if-the-purpose-of-literature-is-to-illuminate-human-nature-the/)

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[Aliens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aliens/)

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> [Reading is awesome and flexible and fits around chores and earning money and building the future and whatever else I’m doing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/reading-is-awesome-and-flexible-and-fits-around-chores-and-earning/)

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[Attitude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attitude/)

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> [I had said that Le Guin's worlds were real because her people were so real, and he said yes, but the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/i-had-said-that-le-guin-s-worlds-were-real-because-her-people-were-so/)

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[Backgrounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/backgrounds/)

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> [“A re-read is more leisurely than a first read. I know the plot, after all, I know what happens. I may still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/a-re-read-is-more-leisurely-than-a-first-read-i-know-the-plot-after/)

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[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [I sat on the bench by the willows and at my honey bun and read Triton. There are some awful things in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/i-sat-on-the-bench-by-the-willows-and-at-my-honey-bun-and-read-triton/)

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> [Avan was as religious as the next young dragon with his way to make in the world-which is to say that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/avan-was-as-religious-as-the-next-young-dragon-with-his-way-to-make/)

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[Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/)

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> [I don’t think I am like other people. I mean on some deep fundamental level. It’s not just being half a twin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/i-don-t-think-i-am-like-other-people-i-mean-on-some-deep-fundamental/)

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[Backwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/backwards/)

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> [I do not miss my toys. I wouldn't play with them anyway. I am fifteen. I miss my childhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/i-do-not-miss-my-toys-i-wouldn-t-play-with-them-anyway-i-am-fifteen-i/)

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[Childhood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/childhood/)

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> [“Being left alone - and I am being left alone - isn't quite as much what I wanted as I thought. Is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/being-left-alone-and-i-am-being-left-alone-isn-t-quite-as-much-what-i/)

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[Evil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evil/)

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> [“Our myths, our legends, aren't necessarily true, but they are truly necessary. They have to do with the way we interpret the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/our-myths-our-legends-aren-t-necessarily-true-but-they-are-truly/)

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[Legends](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/legends/)

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> [There may be stranger reasons for being alive. There are books There’s interlibrary loan. There are books you can fall into and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/there-may-be-stranger-reasons-for-being-alive-there-are-books-there-s/)

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[Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/)

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> [“You don’t get a lot of chance to talk to people about things that matter to you, do you?” she asked.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/you-don-t-get-a-lot-of-chance-to-talk-to-people-about-things-that/)

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[Talk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/talk/)

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> [“Aujourd’hui, rien. That’s what Louis XVI wrote in his diary on the day of the storming of the Bastille.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/aujourd-hui-rien-that-s-what-louis-xvi-wrote-in-his-diary-on-the-day/)

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[Diary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diary/)

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> [“Kids are really good at ignoring the heavy-handed message and getting with the fun parts. It's good they are, because adults have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/kids-are-really-good-at-ignoring-the-heavy-handed-message-and-getting/)

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[Adults](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adults/)

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> [“And at year's end they broke the stable door. The man and his horse, together, gallop yet, Beyond the sunset's end, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/and-at-year-s-end-they-broke-the-stable-door-the-man-and-his-horse/)

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[Gallop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gallop/)

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> [“You can almost always find chains of coincidence to disprove magic. That's because it doesn't happen the way it does in books.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/you-can-almost-always-find-chains-of-coincidence-to-disprove-magic-2/)

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[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [“There's a thing - I've noticed it often. When I first say something, it's as if people don't hear me, they can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/there-s-a-thing-i-ve-noticed-it-often-when-i-first-say-something-it-s/)

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[Pay attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pay-attention/)

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> [“When I re-read, I know what I'm getting. It's like revisiting an old friend. An unread book holds wonderful unknown promise, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/when-i-re-read-i-know-what-i-m-getting-it-s-like-revisiting-an-old/)

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[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [“Yet I felt he was innocent in a way I was not, that I knew more about evil than he ever could,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-walton/yet-i-felt-he-was-innocent-in-a-way-i-was-not-that-i-knew-more-about/)

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[Mummy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mummy/)

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