Don Gillmor

{{Short description|Canadian journalist, novelist, historian and writer}}

Don Gillmor is a Canadian journalist, novelist, historian, and writer of children's books;Barber, John (4 April 2013), [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/we-will-be-forever-in-don-gillmors-debt/article10781006/ "We will be forever in Don Gillmor’s debt"], The Globe and Mail, retrieved 19 January 2016 he is the recipient of many awards for his journalism and fiction.

Career

Gillmor's writing has appeared in Saturday Night, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, Rolling Stone, GQ, National Geographic, Toronto Life and The Walrus, where he worked as senior editor.Brown, Ian (ed.) (2014). What I Meant to Say: The Private Lives of Men. Dundurn Press. He also served on the faculty of the Literary Journalism Program at the Banff Centre.Trethewey, Laura (14 November 2012), [http://www.banffcentre.org/blog/2012/11/14/don-gillmors-sense-of-the-mountains/ "Don Gillmor’s 'sense of the mountains'], Made in Banff, retrieved 19 January 2016

Gillmor's magazine writing has earned him three gold and seven silver Canadian National Magazine Awards,[http://www.magazine-awards.com/index.php?ci_id=1793&la_id=1&mode_type=who_won_most&token=6a6f7437e4a1a9a59bef677f0bc561f7 'Who Won the Most?'], National Magazine Awards website and he has been called "one of Canada’s most celebrated profile writers".Hampson, Sarah (29 March 2013), [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/in-don-gillmors-second-novel-debt-is-the-new-death/article10562311/ "In Don Gillmor’s second novel, debt is the new death"], The Globe and Mail, retrieved 15 Jan 2016 In 2014, he won a National Newspaper Award for an articleGillmor, Don (8 February 2013), [https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2013/02/08/baby_boomers_and_suicide_the_surprising_trend.html "Baby boomers and suicide: The surprising trend"], Toronto Star, retrieved 19 Jan 2016 on baby boomers and suicide.(17 March 2014) [https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/03/17/star_captures_13_national_newspaper_award_nominations.html "Star captures 13 National Newspaper Award nominations"], Toronto Star, retrieved 19 Jan 2016

Gillmor is the author of three works of fiction: Kanata (2009), a Canadian historical epic,Armstrong, Bob (7 November 2009), [http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/gillmor-maps-out-blind-luck-inevitability-of-history-69450272.html "Gillmor maps out blind luck, inevitability of history"], Winnipeg Free Press, retrieved 15 Jan 2016 Mount Pleasant (2013), a comic novel about debtGood, Alex (28 March 2013), [http://news.nationalpost.com/afterword/book-review-mount-pleasant-by-don-gillmor "Book Review: Mount Pleasant, by Don Gillmor"], National Post. Retrieved 15 Jan. 2016, and Long Change (2015), which explores the life of an oilman (Gillmor worked on an oil rig in the late 1970sVolmers, Eric (12 October 2015), [https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/books/wordfest-don-gillmor-explores-life-of-an-oilman-with-long-change "WordFest: Don Gillmor explores life of an oilman with Long Change"], Calgary Herald, retrieved 14 Jan 2016). He's also written five books of non-fiction, including the two-volume work Canada: A People's History, which accompanied the award-winning television program of the same name, and won the 2001 Libris Award for non-fiction book of the year.[http://www.retailcouncil.org/sites/default/files/documents/booksellers-libris-awards-winner-history.pdf Winner History – Libris Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192620/http://www.retailcouncil.org/sites/default/files/documents/booksellers-libris-awards-winner-history.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }}, Retail Council of Canada Among his nine children's books are Yuck, A Love Story (2000), which won the 2000 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature, and The Fabulous Song (1996), which won the Mr. Christie Book Award.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thesecretmountain.com/TheFabulousSong |title=The Secret Mountain |access-date=2016-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052910/http://www.thesecretmountain.com/TheFabulousSong |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}

Gillmor graduated from the University of Calgary with a B.A. in 1977.{{cite web| url = https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/books/wordfest-don-gillmor-explores-life-of-an-oilman-with-long-change| title = WordFest: Don Gillmor explores life of an oilman with Long Change {{!}} Calgary Herald}} {{Cite web |url=https://www.ucalgary.ca/alumni/archawards/distinguished |title=Distinguished Alumni | Alumni | University of Calgary |access-date=2017-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103010457/http://www.ucalgary.ca/alumni/archawards/distinguished |archive-date=2017-01-03 |url-status=dead }}

In 2019 he won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction for his book To the River: Losing My Brother.Jane van Koeverden, [https://www.cbc.ca/books/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2019-governor-general-s-literary-awards-1.5335565 "Here are the winners of the 2019 Governor General's Literary Awards"]. CBC Books, October 29, 2019.