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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 00:22, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Promotional and lacking secondary coverage. Sulfurboy (talk) 13:54, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 23:23, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 23:23, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. The subject appears to meet WP:GNG and WP:AUTHOR by having written works with multiple independent periodical articles or reviews (e.g., [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]; last two retrieved from Highbeam).  Gong show 23:25, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per WP:AUTHOR and GNG. In addition to User:Gongshow's sources he won Canada's national book award (Governor General Award) for Gemini Summer which itself received at least 11 book reviews. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 07:42, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Needs sourcing improvements, yes, but a writer who has won a major national literary award most certainly is notable enough for Wikipedia. Keep but flag for cleanup. Bearcat (talk) 23:25, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - In addition to the multitude of reviews pointed out by Gongshow, I found this article featuring the author. -- Whpq (talk) 17:27, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good find I've incorporated the info into the article. Appears to be a recluse who doesn't give many interviews or show up for award ceremonies, but sells million+ books about pirates from his secret island base. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 18:10, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment Thank you to the above authors for making vast improvements to the article. I retract my nomination for deletion. Sulfurboy (talk) 18:18, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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