John Alexander Wilson (born August 3, 1951, in Edinburgh, Scotland)[1] is a Canadian author of historical fiction and non-fiction.
[3] In 1975, Wilson received a Bachelor of Science with honours in geology from the University of St Andrews.
[citation needed] He is married to Jenifer Mary Wilson and has three children: Sarah, Fiona, and Iain.
[1] A Soldier’s Sketchbook and Death on the River are Junior Library Guild selections.
[4][5] In 2017, the Chicago Public Library named A Soldier’s Sketchbook one of the best Informational Books for Older Readers of the year.