Author and journalist Don Gillmor was born in Fort Frances, Ontario in 1959 and presently lives in Toronto, Ontario. Don possesses a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Calgary. He has worked for publisher John Wiley & Sons and has written for several magazines including Rolling Stone, GQ, Premiere, and Saturday Night.; where he was made a contributing editor in 1989.
Books in order of publication:
Non-fiction
Canada: A People’s History, Volume I (2000)
Canada: A People’s History, Volume II (2001)
The Desire of Every Living Thing (2000)
Insight and On Site: The Work of Diamond + Schmitt (2008)
Stratford Behind the Scenes (2012)
To the River (2018)
Fiction
Kanata (2009)
Mount Pleasant (2013)
Long Change (2015)
Breaking and Entering (2023)
Children’s books
The Trouble with Justin (1993)
When Vegetables Go Bad (1994)
The Fabulous Song (1995)
The Christmas Orange (1998)
Yuck, A Love Story (2000)
Sophie and the Sea Monster (2005)
The Boy Who Ate the World (2008)
The Time Time Stopped (2011)
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