More about the Author-Lawrence Hill

"To gaze into another persons face is to do two things: to recognize their humanity and to assert your own."

-Lawrence Hill

Lawrence Hill was born in the year 1957. He is 59 years old, yet his age is not slowing him down. In fact, he is just beginning to let himself be widely known to the world. He is a Canadian author, essayist and memoirist.

Being the son of mixed race parents, Hill grew up surrounded by his parents work in the human rights movement. This has been reflected in his writing, as he focus' advocates for human rights.

He is the author of ten novels including Black Berry, Sweet Juice, The Illegal, and perhaps most notably, The Book of Negroes. He has won multiple awards including the Commonwealth Writers Prize for the best book, and was inducted into the Canadian Hall of fame.

He is currently working on a children's book and co-writing a mini series adaption based on his current novel, The Illegal. He is also a professor for creative writing at the university of Guelph.

For more information visit his website : http://www.lawrencehill.com/

Watch Lawrence Hill discuss his new novel, and where he found his inspiration to write it. 

Works Cited: 

http://www.lawrencehill.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Hill#Academic_awards_and_honours
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/20411.Lawrence_Hill