Occupation novelist, non-fiction Role Novelist Nationality Canadian Died March 6, 1996 | Period 1950s-1960s Spouse Donald Creighton Name Luella Creighton Children Cynthia Flood | |
Notable works High Bright Buggy Wheels | ||
Luella Sanders Creighton, née Bruce (August 25, 1901 – March 6, 1996) was a Canadian novelist and non-fiction writer. She is best known to contemporary audiences for her 1951 novel High Bright Buggy Wheels, which was reprinted by McClelland & Stewart's New Canadian Library series in 1978.
Biography
Creighton was born on August 25, 1901 in Stouffville, Ontario to James William Bruce and Luella Sanders. She taught school locally before attending Victoria College at the University of Toronto and later studying at the Sorbonne in Paris, France. She married Donald Creighton, a historian, on June 23, 1926 and operated a real estate office in Toronto before moving to Brooklin in 1962. Their daughter, Cynthia Flood, is a noted Canadian writer.
Creighton's work included historical fiction, non-fiction and children's literature. In addition to assisting her husband with own writing projects, she authored several text books and served as a member of the Central Ontario Regional Library Board.
Creighton died on March 6, 1996 in Brooklin.