Jeann Beattie
Jeann Beattie (May 21, 1922 – September 17, 2005) was a Canadian novelist and journalist.[1] She was most noted for her 1950 novel Blaze of Noon, which won that year's Ryerson Fiction Award.[2][3]
Biography
Originally from
juvenile detention system, reflected in her 1971 non-fiction book And the Tiger Leaps.[4]
In addition to Blaze of Noon, she published the novel Behold the Hour in 1959.[5] That novel was a roman à clef set within the CBC.[5]
Following her retirement from journalism, Beattie returned to St. Catharines, where she conducted writing workshops for the St. Catharines Library.[1] She died on September 17, 2005, at age 83 from surgery complications.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "LIVES LIVED: Jeann Beattie". The Globe and Mail, March 8, 2006.
- ^ The Canadian Author and Bookman, Volume 26, Issue 2. p. 24.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wide open eyes in fetching do-goodery". The Globe and Mail, February 6, 1971.
- ^ a b "Agencies Treated Kindly in CBC-Television Novel". Toronto Star, June 20, 1959.
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