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John Wilson
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If John Wilson had been eligible to follow his first passion and had been able to study history at university in Scotland, would he have ended up in Canada writing books for the nation's children and adolescents?
"When I go to schools, the kids all want me to say that I wanted to be a writer when I was growing up. I never did.
John wilson author biography in the back
In those days in Scotland, 'creative' writing wasn't encouraged. I did a lot of writing at school, but it was essays on things like the Romans in Britain. The subjects that interested me were history and, to a lesser degree, English, especially the historical aspects like Shakespeare and Chaucer.
At one time, I thought I'd actually do history at university, but I couldn't because it was an Arts degree. I needed a higher French qualification for entrance, and there was no way I could've ever got that. I thought of archeology, a science,