Bill Conall

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{{Infobox writer

| name = Bill Conall

| birth_name = Bill Root

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| birth_place = Brockville, Ontario

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| occupation = humorist, novelist, musician

| period = 2010s

| nationality = Canadian

| notableworks = The Promised Land; a novel of Cape Breton

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| website = {{URL|http://billconall.com/}}

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Bill Conall is a Canadian writer who won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour in 2014 for his book The Promised Land; a novel of Cape Breton.[http://www.cbc.ca/books/2014/04/bill-conall-wins-2014-stephen-leacock-medal-for-humour.html "Bill Conall wins 2014 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour"]. CBC News, April 24, 2014.

Originally from Brockville, Ontario,[http://www.capebretonpost.com/living/bill-conall-releases-second-book-19050/ "Bill Conall releases second book"]. Cape Breton Post, June 30, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2018. Conall lived in many places across Canada before moving to Victoria County, Nova Scotia in the early 2000s. His debut book, The Rock in the Water, was published in 2009 and was also a shortlisted nominee for the Stephen Leacock Medal. His other book, "Some Days Run Long" (Boularderie Island Press, 2018), was shortlisted for the 2019 Alistair MacLeod Prize for Short Fiction.