Elspeth Cameron

Elspeth Cameron
Born (1943-01-10) 10 January 1943 (age 81)
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Writer, poet
Known forbiographies

Elspeth MacGregor Cameron (born 10 January 1943) is a Canadian writer best known for her biographies of noted Canadian literary figures such as Irving Layton and Earle Birney. She is also noted for her 1997 memoir No Previous Experience, a memoir of her process of self-discovery when, having previously identified as heterosexual, she began to develop a sexual and romantic attraction to historian Janice Dickin McGinnis.[1] She has also published a volume of poetry.

She lives in St. Catharines, Ontario. Cameron has taught at Concordia University, the University of Toronto and Brock University.

Awards

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Her biography of Hugh MacLennan, Hugh MacLennan: A Writer's Life, was nominated for the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 1981 Governor General's Awards.[2] No Previous Experience won the W. O. Mitchell Literary Prize.[3]

Bibliography

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  • Hugh MacLennan: A Writer's Life (1981)
  • A Spider Danced A Cosy Jig (1984)
  • Irving Layton: A Portrait (1985)
  • Robertson Davies: An Appreciation (1991)
  • Earle Birney: A Life (1994)
  • Great Dames (1997)
  • No Previous Experience: A Memoir of Love and Change (1997)
  • And Beauty Answers: The Life of Frances Loring and Florence Wyle (2007)
  • Aunt Winnie (2013)

References

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  1. ^ "Out of the closet with a vengeance". Waterloo Region Record, June 14, 1997.
  2. ^ "Gallant's collection of short stories takes fiction prize". The Globe and Mail, May 18, 1982.
  3. ^ "Calgarians are on a roll". Calgary Herald, July 18, 1998.
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