Charlotte Gray (author)

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Charlotte Gray
Born (1948-01-03) January 3, 1948 (age 76)
Sheffield, England
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Historian, author

Charlotte Gray, CM (born January 3, 1948) is a British born Canadian historian and author. The Winnipeg Free Press has called her "one of Canada's best-loved writers of popular history and literary biography."[1]

Early life and education

Born in Sheffield, England and educated at Oxford University and the London School of Economics,[2] Gray came to Canada in 1979.[3]

Career

She worked for a number of years as a journalist, writing a regular column on national politics for Saturday Night[4] and appearing regularly on radio and television discussion panels. She has also written for Chatelaine, The Globe and Mail, the National Post and the Ottawa Citizen.[citation needed]

Gray is an adjunct research professor in the Department of History at Carleton University, and holds honorary degrees from Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, the University of Ottawa and Queen's University.[2] In 2003, she was awarded the UBC Medal for Canadian Biography,[citation needed] and the Pierre Berton Prize for distinguished achievement in popularizing and promoting Canadian history.[2] She has won or been nominated for most of the major non-fiction awards in Canada. In 2004 she served on the jury for the prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize. In 2007, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.[1]

In 2004, Gray appeared on the CBC Television series The Greatest Canadian advocating for Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first Prime Minister.[5]

Personal life

Gray lives in New Edinburgh, a community in Ottawa. She is married to George Anderson, the president of an organization called the Forum of Federations, and former Deputy Minister of Natural Resources Canada and before that of Intergovernmental Affairs. They have three sons.[citation needed]

Bibliography

  • Mrs. King: The Life and Times of Isabel Mackenzie King 1997
  • Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill 1999
  • Flint & Feather: The Life and Times of E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake 2002
  • Canada, A Portrait in Letters 2003
  • The Museum Called Canada 2004
  • Reluctant Genius: The Passionate Life and Inventive Mind of Alexander Graham Bell 2006
  • Extraordinary Canadians: Nellie McClung 2008
  • Gold Diggers: Striking it Rich in the Klondike 2010
  • The Massey Murder: A Maid, Her Master and the Trial that Shocked a Country 2013

Literary awards

References

  1. ^ a b Medoro, Dana (September 25, 2010). "Gray brings subjects to life during Klondike gold rush". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Charlotte Gray". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  3. ^ Wagner, Vit (October 28, 2010). "IFOA Author of the Day: Charlotte Gray". Toronto Star. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  4. ^ Campbell, Joshua (July 14, 2011). "Making history come alive with Charlotte Gray". Moose Jaw Times-Herald. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  5. ^ Rector, Anne (October 28, 2010). "Society brings history to forefront". Belleville Intelligencer. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  6. ^ Wilfrid Laurier University 1998: Charlotte Gray, (retrieved 11/17/2012)

External links

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