William Gilkerson
American-Canadian writer, editor and artist (1936–2015) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Gilkerson (25 July 1936 — 29 November 2015) was an American-Canadian writer, editor and artist. Between the 1960s to 2000s, Gilkerson wrote over ten books including Pirate's Passage, which won the 2006 Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature. Years later, he was nominated for the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award and Norma Fleck Award for his 2010 book A Thousand Years of Pirates. Outside of literature, Gilkerson was an editor at the St. Louis Magazine in 1964 and held multiple jobs at the San Francisco Chronicle from 1964 to 1970. As an artist, his artwork was shown at the U.S. Naval Academy Museum in 1987 and the Independence Seaport Museum in 1998.
William Gilkerson | |
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Born | 25 July 1936 Chicago, Illinois |
Died | November 29, 2015(2015-11-29) (aged 79) Martin's River, Nova Scotia |
Occupation | Writer, editor and artist |
Nationality | American-Canadian |
Alma mater | Washington University in St. Louis |
Notable awards | |
Children | 3 |