Gillian "Gil" Adamson (born January 1, 1961) is a Canadian writer. She won the
Books in Canada First Novel Award
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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
chapbook
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s and a commissioned fan biography of
Gillian Anderson
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, ''Mulder, It's Me'', which she co-authored with her sister-in-law, Dawn Connolly, in 1997. A selection of her poetry appeared in the anthology ''Surreal Estate: 13 Canadian Poets Under the Influence'' (The Mercury Press, 2004). ''The Outlander'', a novel set in the
Canadian West
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at the turn of the 20th century, was published by
House of Anansi
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in spring 2007 and won the
Hammett Prize
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that year. The novel was later selected for the 2009 edition of ''
Canada Reads
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'', where it was championed by the actor
Nicholas Campbell
Nicholas Campbell (born 24 March 1952) is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. He is a four-time Gemini Awards, Gemini Award winner, a three-time Genie Awards, Genie Award nominee, and a Canadian Screen Awards, Canadian Screen Award nominee. He is k ...
.
Her novel ''Ridgerunner'' was published in May 2020. It won the
Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the
Giller Prize
The Giller Prize (known as the Scotiabank Giller Prize from 2005-2023) is a literary award given to a Canadian author of a novel or short story collection published in English (including translation) the previous year, after an annual juried co ...
.
Adamson lives in Toronto with the poet
Kevin Connolly.
Awards
Selected works
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Canadian literature
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Canadian poetry
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List of Canadian poets
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References
External links
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Gil Adamson, Canada Reads author CBC Digital Archives
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Canadian women novelists
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1961 births
Living people
21st-century Canadian novelists
20th-century Canadian poets
21st-century Canadian poets
Canadian women short story writers
20th-century Canadian women writers
21st-century Canadian women writers
20th-century Canadian short story writers
21st-century Canadian short story writers
Amazon.ca First Novel Award winners
Novelists from Toronto