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

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

Added 27 February 2006.
Updated 24 March 2010.