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Gillian Chan

For other people named Gillian Chan, see Gillian Chan (disambiguation).
Gillian Chan
Born1954
Occupationauthor
Genrechildren's literature
Website
www.gillianchan.com

Gillian Chan (born 1954) is a Canadian children's author who lives in Dundas, Ontario.

She was educated at Orange Hill Grammar School and the University of East Anglia (BEd, 1980).

Chan is also the author of a short diary entry of Chin Mei-ling's during the Christmas week a year or so after the original diary ended for the Christmas treasury from the Dear Canada series, A Season for Miracles: Twelve Tales of Christmas.

On October 27, 2006, Chan competed on the television show Jeopardy!, finishing in last place.[1]

Works

  • Golden Girl and Other Stories - 1994
  • Glory Days and Other Stories - 1996 (Nominated for a Governor General's Award)
  • The Carved Box - 2001
  • A Foreign Field - 2002
  • An Ocean Apart: The Gold Mountain Diary of Chin Mei-ling (Dear Canada) - 2004
  • The Turning - 2005
  • I Am Canada: A Call to Battle - 2012

References

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