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Victoria Grace Blackburn (17 April 1865 – 4 March 1928) was a Canadian journalist and author.
Biography
Blackburn was born on April 17, 1865 in Quebec City. In 1894, after studying at Hellmuth Ladies' College, Blackburn began writing for the London Free Press. The paper was published by her father, Josiah Blackburn, and, later, by her brother, Walter Josiah Blackburn. In 1900 she became the paper's literary and drama critic.
Blackburn studied criticism in New York and spent some years in Europe with her sisters. In 1918 she returned to Canada and became managing editor of the London Free Press. She stayed in that position for a decade and was an important figure among London's cultural elite.
Beyond her journalism, Blackburn published dozens of poems, two plays and a novel.