Lawrence Hill
March 29th, 2007

From lawrencehill.com:
Lawrence Hill's novels and non-fiction have been published to critical acclaim and have captured the interest and allegiance of readers.

His sixth book, The Book of Negroes, a novel, was published by HarperCollins Canada in January 2007 and his seventh book, The Deserter's Tale (written with Joshua Key) was released in February 2007 in Canada, the United States and Australia and later this year will be published in India and six European countries.

Hill is the son of a black father and a white mother who came to Canada hoping to escape the enduring racism of their native United States. Growing up in the predominantly white suburb of Don Mills, Ontario in the sixties, Hill was greatly influenced by his parents' work in the human rights movement. Much of Hill's writing touches on issues of identity and belonging.

Formerly a reporter with The Globe and Mail and parliamentary correspondent for The Winnipeg Free Press, Hill speaks French and Spanish. He has lived and worked across Canada, in Baltimore, and in Spain and France. As a volunteer with Canadian Crossroads International, he has traveled to the West African countries Niger, Cameroon and Mali. He has a B.A. in economics from Laval University in Quebec City and an M.A. in writing from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

Hill, who often speaks at conferences, universities, schools and book clubs, lives in Burlington, Ontario with his wife and five children.

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