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Author Event - Charlotte Gray

The Beaverbrook Branch is excited to welcome author Charlotte Gray, one of Canada's best known non-fiction writers, to talk about her most recent work, Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons: The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt. 

The presentation will be followed by a Q & A and book signing with the author. Books will be available for purchase from Perfect Books Ottawa. 

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Charlotte Gray, a graduate of Oxford University and LSE, is one of Canada’s best known non-fiction writers. In twelve bestsellers, including biographies such as Sisters in the Wilderness and Reluctant Genius: The Passionate Life of Alexander Graham Bell and intriguing narratives such as Gold Diggers: Striking It Rich in the Klondike and The Massey Murder, she has brought our past to vivid life. She has won many awards for her work, including the prestigious Pierre Berton Award for a body of historical writing and the UBC Medal for Biography. Charlotte is an adjunct professor at Carleton University, a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a Member of the Order of Canada. She lives in Ottawa.

Presented in partnership with the Canadian Federation of University Women (Kanata).