Bill Richardson was born in 1955 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He received his BA from the University of Winnipeg and his Master of Library Sciences from the University of British Columbia. Richardson worked as a children's librarian before joining CBC Radio, where he has hosted many shows, including Canada Reads.

Books by Bill Richardson

	1988 Canada Customs	Biblio.com
	1992 Queen of All the Dustballs	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1993 Bachelor Brothers' Bed and Breakfast Fraternal twins Hector and Virgil share stories about the guests at their island bed and breakfast.	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1994 Come Into My Parlour	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1994 Guy to Goddess: An Intimate Look at Drag Queens (with Rosamond Norbury)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1995 Bachelor Brothers' Bed and Breakfast Pillow Book	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1996 Bachelor Brothers' Bedside Companion	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1997 Scorned and Beloved: Dead of Winter Meetings with Canadian Eccentrics	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1998 oddball@large	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2000 After Hamelin	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2001 Waiting for Gertrude	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2002 Sally Dog Little	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2002 Dear Sad Goat: A Roundup of Truly Canadian Tales and Letters	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2003 Sally Dog Little Undercover Agent	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2003 But If They Do	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2007 The Aunts Come Marching	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2008 Old Father William's Well-Ordered Universe	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	Printer-friendly version

Awards

• Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award: Fiction
  • 2002 – After Hamelin – Shortlisted

• Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
  • 1994 – Bachelor Brother's Bed & Breakfast – Winner
  • 2002 – Waiting for Gertrude – Shortlisted

• Silver Birch Award
  • 2001 – After Hamelin – Winner

Added 14 November 2005.
Updated 24 March 2010.