Matt Cohen was born 30 December 1942 in Kingston, Ontario. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1964 with a B.A. in Political Economy and earned a Master's degree in Political Science the following year. He taught at McMaster University and the University of Victoria and served as writer-in-residence at several schools and libraries. In addition to his novels, Cohen wrote several books for children using the pseudonym, Teddy Jam, a secret which was not revealed until after his death. Cohen died of lung cancer on 2 December 1999.

Books by Matt Cohen

	1969 Korsoniloff
	1971 Johnny Crackle Sings
	1972 Columbus and the Fat Lady
	1972 Too Bad Galahad
	1974 The Disinherited
	1974 Peach Melba
	1975 Wooden Hunters
	1977 The Colours of War
	1978 Night Flights
	1978 The Leaves of Louise
	1979 The Sweet Second Summer of Kitty Malone
	1981 Flowers of Darkness
	1982 The Expatriate
	1983 Café le Dog
	1984 The Spanish Doctor
	1985 Life on This Planet
	1985 In Search of Leonardo
	1987 Nadine
	1987 Night Cars (as Teddy Jam)
	1989 Living on Water
	1990 Racial Memories
	1990 Emotional Arithmetic
	1991 Freud: The Paris Notebooks
	1991 Doctor Kiss Says Yes (as Teddy Jam)
	1993 The Bookseller
	1993 The Year of Fire (as Teddy Jam)
	1994 Lives of the Mind Slaves
	1994 The Charlotte Stories (as Teddy Jam)
	1996 Jacob's Best Sisters (as Teddy Jam)
	1997 Last Seen
	1997 The Fishing Summer (as Teddy Jam)
	1998 Elizabeth and After
	1998 This New Baby (as Teddy Jam)
	1999 The Stoneboat (as Teddy Jam)
	1999 ttuM (as Teddy Jam)
	2001 Getting Lucky
	2001 Typing: A Life in 26 Keys
	2001 The Kid Line (as Teddy Jam)
	2008 How We Were (as Teddy Jam)
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Awards

• Governor General's Literary Award: Children's Literature
  • 1997 – The Fishing Summer – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award: Fiction
  • 1979 – The Sweet Second Summer of Kitty Malone – Shortlisted
  • 1997 – Last Seen – Shortlisted
  • 1999 – Elizabeth and After – Winner

• Silver Birch Award
  • 1994 – The Year of the Fire – Shortlisted

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Added 27 February 2006.
Updated 01 June 2014.