Gil Adamson

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::summary Canadian writer ::

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Field	Value
name	Gillian "Gil" Adamson
birth_date
birth_place	North York, Toronto, Canada
occupation	Author, publisher
language	English
education	University of Toronto
partner	Kevin Connolly
awards	{{plainlist
years_active	1985–? (publishing)
1991–present (author)
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| name = Gillian "Gil" Adamson | birth_date = | birth_place = North York, Toronto, Canada | occupation = Author, publisher | language = English | education = University of Toronto | partner = Kevin Connolly | awards = {{plainlist|

• Hammett Prize (2007)
• ReLit Award (2008)
• Amazon.ca First Novel Award (2008) | years_active = 1985–? (publishing) 1991–present (author) 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. 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.

Her novel Ridgerunner was published in May 2020. It won the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize.

Adamson lives in Toronto with the poet Kevin Connolly.

Awards

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Year	Title	Award	Result	Ref.
2004	Ashland	ReLit Award for Novel	Shortlist
2008	**	Books in Canada First Novel Award	Winner
Hammett Prize	Winner
ReLit Award for Novel	Winner
2020	Ridgerunner	Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize	Winner
Giller Prize	Shortlist	date=2020-11-23	title=Awards: Tony Ryan, Writers' Trust Winners	url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3872
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Selected works

References

References

1. Toub, Micah. (June 2007). "Going Public".
2. (May 5, 2020). "12 Canadian books coming out in May we can't wait to read".
3. Takeuchi, Craig. (September 19, 2020). "Gil Adamson, Jessica J. Lee win Writers' Trust literary prizes".
4. (2020-10-05). "3 novels, 2 short story collections shortlisted for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize".
5. McBride, Jason. (April 2008). "Kevin Connolly - Working overtime".
6. "The Hammett Prize: Past Winners, Nominees, and Judges". International Association of Crime Writers: North American Branch.
7. "Adamson wins First Novel Award". ''[[Telegraph-Journal]]'', October 2, 2008.
8. (2008-07-27). "ReLit award winners named". [[Ottawa Citizen]].
9. (2020-11-23). "Awards: Tony Ryan, Writers' Trust Winners".

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