# William Deverell

> William Herbert Deverell is a Canadian writer, criminal lawyer, and civil liberties activist. One of Canada's best-known novelists, his debut novel Needles, based on his legal experience, won the $50,000 Seal First Novel Award from McClelland & Stewart. He received the Hammett Prize in 1998 for Trial of Passion, which also won the 1998 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel; April Fool won the same award in 2003. Trial of Passion launched his long-running crime series about Arthur Beauchamp, a classically trained, self-doubting barrister who solves crimes in releases such as April Fool, Kill All the Judges, Snow Job, I'll See You in My Dreams, Sing a Worried Song, Whipped, and Stung.

*Canadian writer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/william-deverell

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** Canada
- **Born:** 1937-03-04
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 38.8 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 5.5 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 85.0 / 100

## Platforms
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- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0222384/ (@nm0222384)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.deverell.com

## Sources
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- [William Deverell](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Deverell)
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- [William Deverell](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Deverell)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1312287)

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