Claire Mowat

Claire Angel (Wheeler) Mowat (born 5 February 1933)^[1] is a Canadian writer and environmentalist.

Personal life

Mowat was born and educated in Toronto, Ontario. She graduated from Havergal College and the Ontario College of Art & Design as a Graphic designer and was married to the late author Farley Mowat.^[1][2] The couple divided their time between Ontario, and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

Career

Mowat began writing memoirs in the 1960s, leading in 1983 to her first book The Outport People,^[2] about the five years she and husband Farley spent at the start of their marriage in the outport Newfoundland community of Burgeo.^[3] Her second book Pomp and Circumstances (1989) arose from witnessing protocol behind the scenes at the Governor General's residence Rideau Hall in Ottawa.^[2] A 2005 memoir Travels with Farley, describes the couple's life in the Magdalen Islands, following the still-birth of their only child.^[3] She has also written a trilogy of young adult fiction: The Girl from Away (1992), The French Isles (1994) and Last Summer in Louisbourg (1998).

Works

• The Outport People (1983) published by McClelland & Stewart - ISBN 978-0-7710-6549-1
• Pomp and Circumstances (1989) published by McClelland & Stewart - ISBN 978-0-7710-6548-4
• The Girl from Away (1992) Illustrated by Malcolm Cullen, published by Key Porter Books - ISBN 978-1-55013-428-5
• The French Isles (1994) Illustrated by Huntley Brown, published by Key Porter Books - ISBN 978-1-55013-591-6
• Last Summer in Louisbourg (1998) published by Key Porter Books - ISBN 978-1-55013-941-9, (2012) Nimbus Publishing - ISBN 978-1-77108-065-1, 978-1-55109-910-1
• The Girl from Away Trilogy (2002) published by Key Porter Books - ISBN 9781-55263-489-9
• Travels with Farley (2005) published by Key Porter Books - ISBN 978-1-55263-714-2, (2015) Pottersfield Press - ISBN 978-1-89742-674-6

References