Gillian Chan

{{other people|Gillian Chan}}

{{short description|Canadian children's author|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| birth_date = 1954

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| occupation = author

| genre = children's literature

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Gillian Chan (born 1954) is a Canadian children's author who lives in Dundas, Ontario.

She was educated at Orange Hill Grammar School and the University of East Anglia (BEd, 1980).

Chan is also the author of a short diary entry of Chin Mei-ling's during the Christmas week a year or so after the original diary ended for the Christmas treasury from the Dear Canada series, A Season for Miracles: Twelve Tales of Christmas.

On October 27, 2006, Chan competed on the television show Jeopardy!, finishing in last place.{{Cite web|url=http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=1319|title = J! Archive - Show #5090, aired 2006-10-27}}