David H. Walker was born on 9 February 1911 near Dundee, Scotland. He graduated from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst in 1931, then served with The Black Watch in India, the Sudan, and Canada. During WWII, Walker was captured by the Germans and spent nearly five years as a prisoner before being freed in 1945. He emigrated to Canada in 1948, settling in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. In addition to his 20 books, Walker published about 100 short stories and was an active member of the community. He was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1987 and died at St. Andrews on 5 March 1992. In 1997, his family established the David H. Walker Prize in Creative Writing at the University of New Brunswick.

Books by David Walker

	1949 The Storm and The Silence
	1950 Geordie
	1952 The Pillar (also released as The Wire (1953))
	1953 Digby
	1956 Harry Black
	1957 Sandy Was a Soldier's Boy
	1960 Where the High Winds Blow
	1962 Dragon Hill
	1962 Storm of Our Journey
	1964 Winter of Madness
	1965 Mallabec
	1966 Come Back, Geordie
	1968 Devil's Plunge (also released as Cab-Intersec)
	1969 Big Ben
	1969 Pirate Rock
	1972 The Lord's Pink Ocean
	1973 Black Dougal
	1976 Ash
	1977 Pot of Gold
	1984 Lean, Wind, Lean
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Awards

• Governor General's Literary Award: Fiction
  • 1952 – The Pillar – Winner
  • 1953 – Digby – Winner

• Order of Canada
  • 1987 – Member

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Added 01 February 2006.
Updated 07 January 2012.