Edith L. Sharp

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Edith L. Sharp
Born	March 7, 1911 near Carroll, Manitoba
Died	July 2, 1974(1974-07-02) (aged 63) Surrey, British Columbia
Occupation	Author
Genres	Children's Literature

Edith Lambert Sharp (March 7, 1911 – July 2, 1974) was a Canadian writer.

She was born near Carroll, Manitoba, daughter of Charles Lambert and Edna Louise (Malon) Sharp. She dropped out of high school in Penticton, British Columbia after one year. She attended the Vancouver School of Art and took private studies from the Smithsonian Institution to develop her artistic talents.

She worked as a director of the Okanagan Summer School of the Arts, as well as teaching creative writing in night and summer schools. She also became involved in politics, serving for a number of years as secretary to the local Progressive Conservative Party riding associations.

She served as a member of the Penticton Board of Trade, an honorary member of the Business and Professional Women's Club, the Conservative Party, and the Anglican Church of Canada. Sharp died in British Columbia in 1974.^[1]^[2]

Selected works

Nkwala - 1958 (a researched juvenile novel on the pre-colonial Okanagan people of the Interior of British Columbia) winner of the Governor General's Award for Juvenile Fiction.

References

Authority control	VIAF: 79295466

Persondata
Name	Sharp, Edith Lambert
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian writer
Date of birth	March 7, 1917
Place of birth	near Carroll, Manitoba
Date of death	July 2, 1974
Place of death	Surrey, British Columbia

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