Bill Swan (writer)
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Bill Swan | |
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| Born | January 25, 1939 Bright, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Author, journalist, educator |
| Genre | Children's Literature |
Bill Swan (born January 25, 1939) is a Canadian children's author living in Orillia, Ontario. He writes full time, including work as a communication consultant.
His book on the Steven Truscott conviction for murder was winner of the Ontario Library Association Red Maple Award for non-fiction, and was one of five children's non-fiction books in Canada nominated for the Norma Fleck Award for Children's non-fiction in 2013.
He is contributing editor to COLLEGE ADMINISTRATOR magazine, published by the Ontario College Administrative Staff Association. From 1971 until taking early retirement in 1996 he was a college administrator and journalism professor at Durham College in Oshawa, Ontario. He was editor of the Woodstock Sentinel-Review in the late sixties, and from 1985 to 1995 wrote a sometimes humorous column for the now-defunct Whitby Free Press. .[1][2] He spent one year at Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario.
Works
- Fast Finish - 1998—ISBN 1-55028-640-4
- Mud Run - 2003—ISBN 1-55028-786-9
- Off Track! - 2003—ISBN 1-55028-806-7
- Corner Kick - 2004—ISBN 1-55028-817-2
- Deflection - 2004—ISBN 978-1-55028-852-0
- Mud Happens - 2006—ISBN 978-1-55028-899-5
- Road Rage - 2006—ISBN 978-1-55028-916-9
- The Enforcer - 2007—ISBN 978-1-55028-979-4
- Man-to-Man - 2009
- REAL JUSTICE: Fourteen and Sentenced to Death - 2012
- REAL JUSTICE: Convicted for Being Mi'kmaq - : 2013
- REAL JUSTICE: Jailed for Life for Being Black - : 2014
References
- ^ "Bill Swan Books, Author Biography, and Reading Level | Scholastic". www.scholastic.com. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
- ^ "Bill Swan". Sports Stories. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
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