Canadian novelist, essayist, and memoirist (born 1957)
For the suburb of Bracknell in the UK, see Lawrence Hill, Bracknell Forest. For the inner city area of Bristol, UK, see Lawrence Hill, Bristol.
Lawrence Hill
Hill in 2009
Born
(1957-01-24) January 24, 1957 (age 67) Newmarket, Ontario
Occupation
Novelist, non-fiction writer
Nationality
Canadian, American
Alma mater
Universite Laval (BA) Johns Hopkins University (MA)
Period
1990s–present
Notable works
Black Berry, Sweet Juice, The Book of Negroes
Lawrence Hill (born January 24, 1957) is a Canadian novelist, essayist, and memoirist.[1] He is known for his 2007 novel The Book of Negroes, inspired by the Black Loyalists given freedom and resettled in Nova Scotia by the British after the American Revolutionary War, and his 2001 memoir Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada.[2]The Book of Negroes was adapted for a TV mini-series produced in 2015. He was selected in 2013 for the Massey Lectures: he drew from his non-fiction book Blood: The Stuff of Life, published that year. His ten books include other non-fiction and fictional works, and some have been translated into other languages and published in numerous other countries.
Hill was born in Newmarket, Ontario, to an American couple who had immigrated to Toronto from Washington, D.C., in 1953. His father was black and his mother was white.[3] Hill served as chair of the jury for the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize.[4]
^"Lawrence Hill on the power of blood". Macleans.ca. September 14, 2013. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
^"Lawrence Hill dives full bore into the subject of blood". The Globe and Mail. October 4, 2013. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
^"Lawrence Hill". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
^"Lawrence Hill to chair Giller Prize jury". The Globe and Mail. January 19, 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
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