Marq de Villiers

Template:Use dmy datesTemplate:Short description Template:BLP refimprove Marq de Villiers, Template:Post-nominals is a South African-Canadian writer and journalist. He now chiefly writes non-fiction books on scientific topics. In the past he also worked as a magazine editor and foreign correspondent.

Biography

Marq de Villiers was born in 1940 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. In 1989 he became the first recipient of the prestigious Alan Paton Award for White Tribe Dreaming. He and his wife, the writer Sheila Hirtle, live in Middle LaHave, Nova Scotia. They often collaborate on books.

Marq de Villiers was editor of Toronto Life magazine from 1981 to 1992 and subsequently publisher.

In 2010, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2011 his book, Our Way Out was published, dealing with the problems surrounding climate change, and possible solutions.

Bibliography

Book	Award
	Alan Paton Award
, revised 2003	Governor General's Award (1999)
	Evelyn Richardson Prize for Non-fiction
	Evelyn Richardson Prize for Non-fiction, Dartmouth Book Award for Non-fiction
US edition:
Back to the Well: Rethinking the future of water Goose Lane Editions ISBN 978-1773100463
Hell and Damnation: A sinner’s guide to eternal torment March 2019 University of Regina Press ISBN 978-0889775848
The Longbow, the schooner, and the violin: Wood and human achievement Sutherland House Books ISBN 978-1989555590