John Wilson (Canadian writer)

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John Wilson
BornJohn Alexander Wilson
(1951-08-03) August 3, 1951 (age 72)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Occupation Novelist
Nationality Canadian (formerly British)
Education University of St. Andrews (BSc, 1975)
Period1987 to present
Genre Historical Fiction, Non-fiction
Notable works Four Steps to Death
SpouseJenifer Mary Wilson
Children3
Website
johnwilsonauthor.com

John Alexander Wilson (born August 3, 1951, in Edinburgh, Scotland) [1] is a Canadian author of historical fiction and non-fiction. [2] He is the author of over 30 books, 300 articles and essays, and 30 poems.

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Biography

Wilson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on August 3, 1951, to James Annan and Evelyn Victoria Marguerite Wilson. [1] He grew up on the Island of Skye, and in Paisley. [3]

In 1975, Wilson received a Bachelor of Science with honours in geology from the University of St Andrews. [1] After graduation, he worked as a geologist in Zimbabwe before moving to Canada. [3] For nine years, he worked for the Alberta Geological Survey in Edmonton. [3]

In 1991, Wilson began writing full-time. [3]

Wilson now lives in Lantzville on Vancouver Island.[ citation needed ] He is married to Jenifer Mary Wilson and has three children: Sarah, Fiona, and Iain. [1]

Awards and honours

A Soldier’s Sketchbook and Death on the River are Junior Library Guild selections. [4] [5]

In 2017, the Chicago Public Library named A Soldier’s Sketchbook one of the best Informational Books for Older Readers of the year. [4]

Awards for Wilson's writing
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
1998Across Frozen Seas Geoffrey Bilson Award Finalist [6]
Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize Finalist
2002Righting Wrongs Norma Fleck Award Finalist [7]
2004Discovering the Arctic Norma Fleck Award Finalist [7]
Dancing Elephants and Floating Continents Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize Finalist
2005Flames of the TigerManitoba Young Readers' Choice AwardNominee [8]
2006 Four Steps to Death Geoffrey Bilson Award Finalist [6]
Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize Finalist
2007The Alchemist's Dream Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature Finalist
Four Steps to Death Manitoba Young Readers' Choice AwardNominee [9]
Red Goodwin Forest of Reading Red Maple Award Finalist [10] [11]
Where Soldiers Lie Geoffrey Bilson Award Finalist [6]
2008The Alchemist's Dream Geoffrey Bilson Award Finalist [6]
Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize Finalist
Where Soldiers Lie Forest of Reading Red Maple Award Finalist [10] [11]
2010Crusade Geoffrey Bilson Award Finalist [6]
2012Shot at Dawn Geoffrey Bilson Award Finalist [6]
Written in BloodManitoba Young Readers' Choice AwardNominee [12]
2016Wings of WarManitoba Young Readers' Choice AwardNominee [13]

Publications

Fiction

Caught in Conflict collection

  • Lost in Spain (1999)
  • And in the Morning... (2002)
  • Flames of the Tiger (2003)
  • The Flags of War (2004)
  • Battle Scars (2005)
  • Four Steps to Death (2005)
  • Where Soldiers Lie (2007)
  • Germania (2008)
  • Death on the River (2009)

Desert Legends trilogy

  • Written in Blood (2010)
  • Ghost Moon (2011)
  • Victorio's War (2012)

Heretic's Secret trilogy

  • Crusade / Heretic (2009)
  • Quest / Grail (2010)
  • Rebirth (2013)

I Am Canada books

  • Shot at Dawn: World War I, Allan McBride, France, 1917 (2011)
  • Graves of Ice (2014)

Steve series

  1. The Missing Skull (2016)
  2. Lost Cause (2012)
  3. Broken Arrow (2014)

Stolen duo

  • Stolen (2013)
  • Bones (2014)

Tales of War trilogy

  • Wings of War (2014)
  • Dark Terror (2015)
  • A Dangerous Game (2016)

Weet trilogy

  • Weet (1995)
  • Weet's Quest (1997)
  • Weet Alone (1999)

Non-Fiction

Poetry

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