- Born: 20 JAN 1888 – Port Elizabeth, South Africa
- Died: 22 DEC 1980 – Vancouver, British Columbia
- Achievements:
- Canada Council Medal in 1961
- Lorne Pierce Medal from the Royal Society of Canada in 1964
- Order of Canada Medal of Service in 1970
- Works:
- Hetty Dorvol (1947)
- The Innocent Traveller (1949)
- The Equations of Love (1952)
- Swamp Angel (1954)
- Love and Salt Water (1956)
- Mrs. Golightly, and Other Stories (1961)
- E. W.: Stories, Essays, and Letters (1987)
- Died: 22 DEC 1980 – Vancouver, British Columbia