Who Is Gordon Tilson? Gordon Tilson is an important character in the novel The Missing American, which will be released on January 14, 2020. The Missing American (Coming Jan 14, 2020) Gordon Tilson grew up in Washington, DC. In his early 20s he joined the Peace Corps, a government program established through an executive order issued by issued by President John F. Kennedy on March 1, 1961. Its official mission is to provide social and economic development abroad through techn