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About Gordon
"I'm a very lucky man. I left high school wanting to be a writer, but life got in the way for about 20 years. I had the misfortune, which eventually became a fortunate happenstance, to break my spine in 1990. My wife told me that I should take the opportunity that event presented and start writing what I wanted to write, not what others had been paying me to write for them for so many years. Diane, like all wives is ALWAYS right! Now, hundreds of syndicated newspaper columns and magazine articles later, I am in the process of reinventing myself once again. With the general demise of newspapers in North America, I made the decision to follow another dream. I stopped the column in September of 2007, after over thirteen years of writing 700 words every week, and have moved on to full-length novels and screen writing. It's been a strange transition from the nonfiction reporting on the humorous events of day-to-day-life, and moving on to creating fictional characters and situations. No matter what I'm doing, or what sort of character I'm creating, this is the best job I could ever want!"
-Gordon
"Kirkland's specialty is making others laugh at him, at themselves, and at life in general."
- Reader's Digest (Canadian Edition)"...he uses his own life experiences and turns them into hilarious material that has anyone who picks up his book howling with laughter.
- The Stephen Leacock Association".wry and offbeat"
-London Free Press, London, ON, Canada"He seems to be able to find humor in just about anything.from trying to order a simple black coffee to having a vasectomy."
-The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, BC, Canada"Not only is Gordon accomplished in his field, but he is funny! I don't know if you have ever tried being funny on paper, but it is one of life's miracles. Gordon should probably be sainted. But don't take my word for it; just read him."
-Ridley Pearson"Gordon Kirkland is one of North America's premier humorists; a big man with a ready smile and a sense of humor that's big enough to cover two countries."
The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, WA, USA".a refreshing sense of humor and outlook on life has come to the forefront."
-The Mississauga News, Mississauga, ON, Canada"Gordon Kirkland is gaining fame throughout North America for his uproarious, often irreverent take on this adventure we call life."
-Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Chattanooga, TN, USA
Gordon Kirkland received Canada's Stephen Leacock Award of Merit for Humour for Justice Is Blind - And Her Dog Just Peed In My Cornflakes in 2000, for Never Stand Behind A Loaded Horse in 2005, and for When My Mind Wanders It Brings Back Souvenirs in 2006. This site makes extensive use of pdf files, which require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have this software, click here to download it. ©1994-2008 Gordon Kirkland. No part of this webpage may be copied without the written permission of the copyright holder .
The Gordon Kirkland At Large caricature logo provided by Milt Priggee one of North America's top editorial cartoonists. For more information about Priggee and samples of his daily work and other caricatures see http://www.miltpriggee.com .
