John Gallishaw

Born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Alonzo John Gallishaw (1891–1968) was a Canadian author and teacher. He studied at Harvard, but when the First World War began he returned to enlist, eventually serving with the First Newfoundland Regiment at Gallipoli, where he was badly wounded.

After the war, he returned to Harvard as a lecturer and later served again, this time with the American forces in World War I. He was severely gassed in 1918, and in the years that followed he moved to California, studied journalism and English at the University of California, Berkeley, and continued building a literary career.

Gallishaw wrote both war-based books and guides for aspiring writers. His works include Trenching at Gallipoli and The Man in the Ranks, along with several books on fiction technique. He also founded the John Gallishaw School of Creative Writing, helping shape his reputation not just as an author, but as a teacher of writers.