Writing Career
Hill is the author of seven books. His three novels are Some Great Thing (1992), Any Known Blood (1999) and The Book of Negroes (2007), which was published in the United States under the title Someone Knows My Name. This third novel has been his most successful to date, winning several awards.
His non-fiction books are: Trials and Triumphs: The Story of African-Canadians (1993), Women of Vision: The Story of the Canadian Negro Women's Association (1996), Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada (2001), and The Deserter's Tale: The Story of an Ordinary Soldier Who Walked Away from the War in Iraq, with Joshua Key (2007).
He was appointed one of six Writers in Residence with the Toronto District School Board from October 2011 to May 2012.
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