What is Lawrence Hill?
[[Image:Lawrence Hill professional.jpg|thumb|Lawrence Hill in 2009]] '''Lawrence Hill''' (born January 24, 1957) is a Canadian novelist, essayist and memoirist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.macleans.ca/society/life/lawrence-hill-the-power-of-blood/|title=Lawrence Hill on the power of blood|work=Maclean's|date=September 14, 2013|access-date=2015-01-13}}</ref> He is best known for his 2013 [[Massey Lectures]] ''Blood: The Stuff of Life'', his 2007 novel ''[[The Book of Negroes (novel)|The Book of Negroes]]'' and his 2001 memoir ''Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/lawrence-hill-dives-full-bore-into-the-subject-of-blood/article14705480/|title=Lawrence Hill dives full bore into the subject of blood|work=The Globe and Mail|date=October 4, 2013|access-date=2015-01-13}}</ref> Hill was born in [[Newmarket, Ontario|Newmarket]], [[Ontario]]. Hill served as chair of the jury for the 2016 [[Scotiabank Giller Prize]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/lawrence-hill-to-chair-giller-prize-jury/article28254167/comments/|title=Lawrence Hill to chair Giller Prize jury|work=The Globe and Mail|date=January 19, 2016|access-date=2016-12-05}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Lawrence}} [[Category:1957 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Canadian novelists]] [[Category:Writers from Toronto]] [[Category:People from Newmarket, Ontario]] [[Category:Canadian essayists]] [[Category:Memoirists]] {{bio-stub}}