Don Dickinson
Don Dickinson is a Canadian writer and former actor, born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1991 Governor General's Awards for his short story collection Blue Husbands, and for the 1993 Amazon.ca [First Novel Award|Books in Canada First Novel Award] for his novel The Crew. Blue Husbands was also a winner of the Ethel [Wilson Fiction Prize] in 1992.
Dickinson has published one other short story collection and three novels. A graduate of the University of Saskatchewan and the University of British Columbia, he worked primarily as a school teacher in Lillooet, British Columbia. He served on the jury for the Governor General's Awards in 1996.