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''.
Adamson's first published work was ''Primitive'', a volume of poetry, in 1991. She followed up with the short story collection ''Help Me, Jacques Cousteau'' in 1995 and a second volume of poetry, ''Ashland'', in 2003, as well as multiple chapbooks and a commissioned fan biography of
Gillian Anderson, ''Mulder, It's Me'', which she coauthored with her sister-in-law Dawn Connolly in 1998. A selection of Adamson's poetry also 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
Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces, Canadian West or the Western provinces of Canada, and commonly known within Canada as the West, is a Canadian region that includes the four western provinces just north of the Canada– ...
at the turn of the 20th century, was published by
House of Anansi in the spring of 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 actor
Nicholas Campbell
Nicholas Campbell (born 24 March 1952) is a Canadian film, television and voice actor and filmmaker, who won three Gemini Awards for acting. He is known for such films as ''Naked Lunch'', ''Prozac Nation'', ''New Waterford Girl'' and the telev ...
.
Her most recent novel, ''Ridgerunner'', was published in May 2020.
["12 Canadian books coming out in May we can't wait to read"]
CBC Books, May 5, 2020. The novel won the
Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and was shortlisted for the
Giller Prize.
"3 novels, 2 short story collections shortlisted for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize"
CBC Books, October 5, 2020.
Adamson lives in Toronto with poet Kevin Connolly.[Author Profile: Kevin Connolly]
''Quill & Quire'', April 2008.
See also
* Canadian literature
*Canadian poetry
Canadian poetry is poetry of or typical of Canada. The term encompasses poetry written in Canada or by Canadian people in the official languages of English and French, and an increasingly prominent body of work in both other European and Indigenou ...
* List of Canadian poets
* List of Canadian writers
References
External links
Gil Adamson
CBC Digital Archives – Gil Adamson, Canada Reads author
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Canadian women novelists
Canadian women poets
Writers from Toronto
1961 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (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
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