"As it turns out, for realistic literary fiction like this, where language is important, I am a very slow and careful writer. I'd only ever written one novel and I didn't know whether my experience writing The Outlander was the way I write novels - or, having now written a novel and learned how to do so, would I be any faster? "Much like The Outlander, this book took a long time to write. It morphed into a follow up to The Outlander. I wanted to write that person, even if I changed his name or it morphed into something else entirely. For me, it was more about wondering what Mary and William's kid was going to be like. But as the writer, I can do something about that. "She did what readers do - imagining what happens after the book. She quietly mumbled to herself, 'I wonder what Mary and William will be like as parents.' For me, it was more about wondering what Mary and William's kid was going to be like. After it was over, and everybody was leaving, there was this woman sitting next to me.
I had done a talk for a book club in Alberta. "The idea for Ridgerunner came from an offhand comment by a book clubber. I had enjoyed writing and being in that world so much, it seemed sort of sad to just leave it behind forever. "I remember being done with The Outlander and realizing to myself that I wasn't done with that whole world. Gil Adamson spoke to CBC Books about writing Ridgerunner. How to tune into the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize Ridgerunner is on the shortlist for the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Ridgerunneris a historical novel set in Alberta as it follows Mary's partner William Moreland, the notorious First World War–era thief known as Ridgerunner, as he moves through the Rocky Mountains, determined to secure financial stability for his semi-orphaned son named Jack. Her latest novel is Ridgerunner, a follow-up to The Outlander. The Outlanderwon the Amazon.ca First Novel Award and was a Canada Reads finalist in 2009, when it was championed by Nicholas Campbell. Her first novel, The Outlanderwas a bestseller about Mary Boulton, a 19-year-old widow on the run from the law. Gil Adamson is a Toronto-based writer and poet.
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