Don Dickinson

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{{About||the Michigan lawyer and politician|Donald M. Dickinson}}

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| name = Don Dickinson

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1947|12|27}}

| birth_place = Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

| occupation = short story writer, novelist

| period = 1980s-2000s

| notableworks = Blue Husbands, The Crew, Robbiestime, Fighting the Upstream

| spouse = Chellie Margaret Eaton m. 1 May 1970 - present (3 children)

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Don Dickinson (born December 27, 1947) is a Canadian writer and actor, born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.Linda Svendsen, Words We Call Home: Celebrating Creative Writing at UBC. UBC Press, 2011. {{ISBN|978-0774844697}}. p. 33.IMDb url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0225515/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm He was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1991 Governor General's Awards for his short story collection Blue Husbands,"Finalists announced for top book awards". Toronto Star, November 8, 1991. and for the 1993 Books in Canada First Novel Award for his novel The Crew."Book finalists chosen Prize worth $5,000". The Globe and Mail, February 25, 1994. Blue Husbands was also a winner of the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in 1992."Need for love seen by B.C. writer". The Province, June 14, 1992.

Dickinson has published one other short story collection and three novels. A graduate of the University of Saskatchewan and the University of British Columbia, he worked primarily as a school teacher in Lillooet, British Columbia.Linda Svendsen, Words We Call Home: Celebrating Creative Writing at UBC. UBC Press, 2011. {{ISBN|978-0774844697}}. p. 33. He served on the jury for the Governor General's Awards in 1996."Striking it rich in Canada's literary sweepstakes". The Globe and Mail, October 19, 1996.