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Charlotte Gill

シャーロット・ギル

Shārotto Giru

Profile

Gender
Female
Nationality
Canada
Languages
English
Residence History
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Career

Occupations
fiction writer, non-fiction writer, writing mentor
Active Years
2005-2024
Affiliations
University of King's College
Nominations
Finalist for Governor General's Award for English-language fiction 2005 (Ladykiller), Shortlisted for Charles Taylor Prize (Eating Dirt), Shortlisted for Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (Eating Dirt)

Education

University of Toronto
Degree: BA
Country: Canada
University of British Columbia
Creative Writing
Degree: MFA
Country: Canada

Awards

Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
2006
Work: Ladykiller
Category: フィクション
Organization: BC Book Prizes
Result: winner
Danuta Gleed Literary Award
2006
Work: Ladykiller
Result: winner
Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize
2012
Work: Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe
Category: ノンフィクション
Organization: BC Book Prizes
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Ladykiller

2005 short story collection

Short story collection.

Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe

2012 non-fiction

Non-fiction book about life with tree-planting tribe.

Trivia

  • She and her husband both formerly worked as professional tree planters.