Leslie Hall Pinder

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Leslie Hall Pinder (née Hall) (born 21 September 1946) is a Canadian lawyer and writer.

Born in Elrose, Saskatchewan, she earned a B.A. in English literature in 1968. Hall then worked as a court reporter while pursuing legal studies, obtaining her LL.B. in 1976.

Hall's second novel, On Double Tracks (1990), was a nominee for the 1990 Governor General's Award for English Fiction.

Pinder's only publications after On Double Tracks have been legal work. As a lawyer, she has worked primarily on First Nations land claims in British Columbia.

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Novels

  • Under the House. Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1986.
  • On Double Tracks. Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1990.

[edit] Chapbook

  • The Carriers of No - 1991