Don Gillmor

Don Gillmor is a journalist and former roughneck. He is the author of To the River, which won the Governor General’s Award for nonfiction. He is also the author of three novels, a two-volume history of Canada, and nine books for children. He was a senior editor at The Walrus, and his journalism has appeared in Rolling Stone, GQ, Saturday Night, Toronto Life, the Globe and Mail, and the Toronto Star. He has won twelve National Magazine Awards and numerous other honours. He lives in Toronto.