Gil Adamson
{{short description|Canadian writer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Gillian "Gil" Adamson
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1961}}
| 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.quillandquire.com/authors/profile.cfm?article_id=7810 |title=Going Public |first=Micah |last=Toub |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128115809/http://www.quillandquire.com/authors/profile.cfm?article_id=7810 |archivedate=January 28, 2014 |website=Quill & Quire |date=June 2007}} 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.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}
Her novel Ridgerunner was published in May 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/12-canadian-books-coming-out-in-may-we-can-t-wait-to-read-1.5555087 |title=12 Canadian books coming out in May we can't wait to read |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507110424/https://www.cbc.ca/books/12-canadian-books-coming-out-in-may-we-can-t-wait-to-read-1.5555087 |archivedate=May 7, 2020 |website= CBC Books |date=May 5, 2020}} It won the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize{{Cite web |last=Takeuchi |first=Craig |date=September 19, 2020 |title=Gil Adamson, Jessica J. Lee win Writers' Trust literary prizes |url=https://nowtoronto.com/culture/books/gil-adamson-jessica-j-lee-win-writers-trust-2020-literary-prizes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116234151/https://nowtoronto.com/culture/books/gil-adamson-jessica-j-lee-win-writers-trust-2020-literary-prizes |archive-date=January 16, 2022 |website=Now}} and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize.{{Cite web |date=2020-10-05 |title=3 novels, 2 short story collections shortlisted for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/3-novels-2-short-story-collections-shortlisted-for-100k-scotiabank-giller-prize-1.5749501 |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=CBC Books |archive-date=October 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005144352/https://www.cbc.ca/books/3-novels-2-short-story-collections-shortlisted-for-100k-scotiabank-giller-prize-1.5749501 |url-status=live }}
Adamson lives in Toronto with the poet Kevin Connolly.{{cite web |url=http://www.quillandquire.com/authors/profile.cfm?article_id=10036 |title=Kevin Connolly - Working overtime |first=Jason |last=McBride |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223142129/http://www.quillandquire.com/authors/profile.cfm?article_id=10036 |archivedate=February 23, 2014 |website=Quill & Quire |date=April 2008}}
Awards
| class="wikitable"
|+Awards for Adamson's writing !Year !Title !Award !Result !Ref. |
| 2004
|Ashland |ReLit Award for Novel |Shortlist | |
| rowspan="3" |2008
| rowspan="3" |{{sort|Outlander|The Outlander}} |Books in Canada First Novel Award |Winner |
| Hammett Prize
|Winner |"Adamson wins First Novel Award". Telegraph-Journal, October 2, 2008. |
| ReLit Award for Novel
|Winner |{{Cite news |date=2008-07-27 |title=ReLit award winners named |work=Ottawa Citizen}} |
| rowspan="2" |2020
| rowspan="2" |Ridgerunner |Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize |Winner |
| Giller Prize
|Shortlist |{{Cite web |date=2020-11-23 |title=Awards: Tony Ryan, Writers' Trust Winners |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3872 |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210230429/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3872 |url-status=live }} |
Selected works
- {{Cite book |last=Adamson |first=Gillian |title=Primitive |publisher=Coach House Press |year=1991 |isbn= |edition= |publication-place= |pages= |language=English |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last=Adamson |first=Gillian |title=Help Me, Jacques Cousteau |publisher=Porcupine's Quill |year=1995 |isbn= |edition= |publication-place= |pages= |language=English |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last=Adamson |first=Gillian |title=Mulder, It's Me |publisher=ECW Press |year=1997 |isbn= |edition= |publication-place= |pages= |language=English |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last=Adamson |first=Gillian |title=Ashland |publisher=ECW Press |year=2003 |isbn= |edition= |publication-place= |pages= |language=English |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last=Adamson |first=Gillian |title=The Outlander |publisher=House of Anansi |year=2007 |isbn= |edition= |publication-place= |pages= |language=English |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last=Adamson |first=Gillian |title=Ridgerunner |publisher=House of Anansi |year=2020 |isbn= |edition= |publication-place= |pages= |language=English |author-mask=2}}
See also
{{Portal| Poetry| Biography| Canada}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://giladamson.com/}}
- [http://archives.cbc.ca/arts_entertainment/poetry/clips/16103/ Gil Adamson, Canada Reads author], CBC Digital Archives
{{Amazon.ca First Novel Award}}
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Category:21st-century Canadian women writers
Category:20th-century Canadian short story writers
Category:21st-century Canadian short story writers