The hero of Gil Adamson’s book is also a woman, and there’s a little bit of hot sex in her story (some cold sex, too – hey, it’s Canadian), but there the resemblance to Gabaldon’s book ends.
The novel was later selected for the 2009 edition of Canada Reads, where it was championed by actor Nicholas Campbell.Īdamson currently lives in Toronto with poet Kevin Connolly.What was Gil Adamson thinking when she titled her novel The Outlander? What was Anansi thinking? After all, that’s the name of the first book in Diana Gabaldon’s wildly successful time-travel series that spirits a woman from 1945 London back to 1743 Scotland, where she experiences hot sex.Ĭome to think of it, maybe that’s exactly what they were thinking. "The Outlander," a novel set in the Canadian West at the turn of the 20th century, was published by House of Anansi in the spring of 2007 and won the Hammett Prize that year. She followed up with the short story collection "Help Me, Jacques Cousteau" in 1995 and a second volume of poetry, "Ashland," in 2003, as well as multiple chapbooks and a commissioned fan biography of Gillian Anderson, "Mulder, It’s Me," which she coauthored with her sister-in-law Dawn Connolly in 1998. She won the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2008 for her 2007 novel The Outlander.Īdamson's first published work was "Primitive," a volume of poetry, in 1991. The novel was later selected for the 2009 ed Gil Adamson (born Gillian Adamson, 1961) is a Canadian writer. Adamson's first published work was "Primitive," a volume of poetry, in 1991. She won the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2008 for her 2007 novel The Outlander. Gil Adamson (born Gillian Adamson, 1961) is a Canadian writer.
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