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Douglas Hill Biography

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The Huntsman About the Author

The son of a locomotive engineer and a nurse, Douglas Arthur Hill was born April 6, 1935, in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. He earned his B.A.

from the University of Saskatchewan, graduating with honors in 1957. He completed his graduate studies at the University of Toronto in 1959.

Hill began his career as a free-lance writer in 1959, moving to London, England, where he still resides. His varied interests are reflected in his works as well as the positions he has held for different publishing concerns. He served as an editor for Aldus Books Ltd. in London from 1962 to 1964, and he was the literary editor for the Tribune, a weekly London paper, from 1971 to 1984. He was employed by Rupert Hart-Davis as a science fiction adviser from 1966 to 1968. He held the same position from 1969 to 1971 with Mayflower Books, from 1972 to...
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The Huntsman from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.
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