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Born | India | October 11, 1953
Died | February 1, 2021 Ottawa, Canada | (aged 67)
Occupation | Children's novelist |
Nationality | Canadian |
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Rachna Gilmore (11 October 1953 – 1 February 2021) was a Canadian children's writer. Her picture book A Screaming Kind of Day won the 1999 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. [1]
Born in India in October 1953, Gilmore emigrated from New Delhi to London as a teenager and studied biology at University of London. After emigrating to Canada in the mid-1970s, she studied education of the University of Prince Edward Island. In 1990 Gilmore and her family moved to Ottawa. [2] She wrote literature for children and young adults, mainly, but also fiction for adults.
Gilmore died in February 2021, at the age of 67. [3]
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verification. (September 2015) |
Rachna Gilmore | |
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Born | India | October 11, 1953
Died | February 1, 2021 Ottawa, Canada | (aged 67)
Occupation | Children's novelist |
Nationality | Canadian |
Website | |
rachnagilmore |
Rachna Gilmore (11 October 1953 – 1 February 2021) was a Canadian children's writer. Her picture book A Screaming Kind of Day won the 1999 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. [1]
Born in India in October 1953, Gilmore emigrated from New Delhi to London as a teenager and studied biology at University of London. After emigrating to Canada in the mid-1970s, she studied education of the University of Prince Edward Island. In 1990 Gilmore and her family moved to Ottawa. [2] She wrote literature for children and young adults, mainly, but also fiction for adults.
Gilmore died in February 2021, at the age of 67. [3]