Luella Creighton
| Luella Creighton | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Luella Sanders Bruce August 25, 1901 Stouffville, Ontario |
| Died | March 6, 1996 |
| Occupation | novelist, non-fiction |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 1950s-1960s |
| Notable works | High Bright Buggy Wheels |
| Spouse | Donald Creighton |
| Children | Cynthia Flood |
Luella Sanders Creighton, née Bruce (August 25, 1901 - March 6, 1996) was a Canadian novelist and non-fiction writer.[1] She is best known to contemporary audiences for her 1951 novel High Bright Buggy Wheels, which was reprinted by McClelland & Stewart's New Canadian Library series in 1978.
Born in Stouffville, Ontario, she taught school locally before attending Victoria College at the University of Toronto.[1] She married historian Donald Creighton in 1926.[1]
Her books included High Bright Buggy Wheels (1951), Turn East, Turn West (1954), Canada, The Struggle for Empire (1960), Canada, Trial and Triumph (1963), Tecumseh, the Story of the Shawnee Chief (1965), Miss Multipenny and Miss Crumb (1966), The Elegant Canadians (1967) and The Hitching Post (1969).[1] Her work included historical fiction, non-fiction and children's literature.[2]
Donald and Luella Creighton's daughter, Cynthia Flood, is also a noted Canadian writer.[2]
Creighton died on March 6, 1996 in Brooklin.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Creighton, Luella fonds: 1917-1990. University of Waterloo Archives.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 W. H. New, Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. University of Toronto Press, 2002. ISBN 0802007619. "Creighton, Luella Sanders", p. 247.