Gil Adamson

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Gillian "Gil" Adamson
Born1961 (age 62–63)
North York, Toronto, Canada
OccupationAuthor, publisher
LanguageEnglish
EducationUniversity of Toronto
Years active1985–? (publishing)
1991–present (author)
Notable awards
PartnerKevin Connolly

Gillian "Gil" Adamson (born January 1, 1961) is a Canadian writer. She won the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2008 for her 2007 novel The Outlander.

Biography

Adamson's first published work was Primitive, a volume of poetry, in 1991. She followed this with the short story collection Help Me, Jacques Cousteau in 1995 and a second volume of poetry, Ashland, in 2003, as well a number of

House of Anansi in spring 2007 and won the Hammett Prize that year. The novel was later selected for the 2009 edition of Canada Reads, where it was championed by the actor Nicholas Campbell.[citation needed
]

Her novel, Ridgerunner, was published in May 2020.[2] It won the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize[3] and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize.[4]

Adamson lives in Toronto with the poet Kevin Connolly.[5]

Awards

Awards for Adamson's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2004 Ashland
ReLit Award
for Novel 		Shortlist
2008 The Outlander Books in Canada First Novel Award Winner [6]
Hammett Prize Winner [7]
ReLit Award
for Novel 		Winner [8]
2020 Ridgerunner Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Winner [3]
Giller Prize Shortlist [4][9]

Selected works

  • —— (1991). Primitive.
    Coach House Press
    .
  • —— (1995). Help Me, Jacques Cousteau.
    Porcupine's Quill
    .
  • —— (1997). Mulder, It's Me. ECW Press.
  • —— (2003). Ashland. ECW Press.
  • —— (2007). The Outlander.
    House of Anansi
    .
  • —— (2020). Ridgerunner.
    House of Anansi
    .

See also

References

  1. ^ Toub, Micah (June 2007). "Going Public". Quill & Quire. Archived from the original on January 28, 2014.
  2. CBC Books. May 5, 2020. Archived from the original
    on May 7, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Takeuchi, Craig (September 19, 2020). "Gil Adamson, Jessica J. Lee win Writers' Trust literary prizes". Now. Archived from the original on January 16, 2022.
  4. ^
    CBC Books. October 5, 2020. Archived
    from the original on October 5, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  5. ^ McBride, Jason (April 2008). "Kevin Connolly - Working overtime". Quill & Quire. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014.
  6. ^ "The Hammett Prize: Past Winners, Nominees, and Judges". International Association of Crime Writers: North American Branch. Archived from the original on April 29, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  7. ^ "Adamson wins First Novel Award". Telegraph-Journal, October 2, 2008.
  8. ^ "ReLit award winners named". Ottawa Citizen. July 27, 2008.
  9. ^ "Awards: Tony Ryan, Writers' Trust Winners". Shelf Awareness . November 23, 2020. Archived from the original on December 10, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2023.

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