Charlotte Gray (author)

Charlotte Gray
Born (1948-01-03) January 3, 1948
Sheffield, England
Nationality Canadian
Occupation 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.

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, 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.

Bibliography

Literary awards

References

  1. 1 2 Medoro, Dana (September 25, 2010). "Gray brings subjects to life during Klondike gold rush". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "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)

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