Gil Adamson
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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 chapbooks and a commissioned fan biography of Gillian Anderson, Mulder, It's Me, which she co-authored with her sister-in-law, Dawn Connolly, in 1997.[1] 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 at the turn of the 20th century, was published by 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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
| Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
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| 2004 | Ashland | ReLit Award for Novel | Shortlist | |
| 2008 | Script error: No such module "sort". | 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
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See also
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References
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External links
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- Gil Adamson, Canada Reads author, CBC Digital Archives
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