Occupation writer Name H. Percy Nationality Canadian Role Writer | Period 1960s-1990s Died December 17, 1996 Notable works Painted Ladies | |
Spouse Mary Davina Percy nee James Books An Innocent Bystander, A Model Lover, Joseph Howe, Flotsam, Thomas Chandler Haliburton | ||
Herbert Rolland (H. R.) Percy (1920 - 1997) was a British-born Canadian writer. He was best known for his novel Painted Ladies, a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1983 Governor General's Awards.
Born in Burham, Kent, England, Percy served for much of his working life in the Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy. He published his first volume of short stories, The Timeless Island, in 1960, and concentrated more extensively on writing after his retirement from the navy in 1971 with the rank of lieutenant commander.
In addition to novels and short stories, he also published biographies of Joseph Howe and Thomas Chandler Haliburton, and was an editor of Canadian Author and Bookman, the trade magazine of the Canadian Authors Association.
He died in 1996.