Authors: Lawrence Hill
The Illegal (37 page)
LAWRENCE HILL
is the award-winning and internationally bestselling author of
The Book of Negroes
, which was made into a sixpart TV mini-series. His previous novels,
Some Great Thing
and
Any Known Blood
, became national bestsellers. Hill’s non-fiction work includes
Blood: The Stuff of Life
, the subject of his 2013 Massey Lectures, and
Black Berry, Sweet Juice
, a memoir about growing up black and white in Canada. Lawrence Hill volunteers with Crossroads International, the Black Loyalist Heritage Society and Project Bookmark Canada. He lives with his family in Hamilton, Ontario, and Woody Point, Newfoundland.
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F
ICTION
The Book of Negroes
Any Known Blood
Some Great Thing
N
ON
-F
ICTION
Blood: The Stuff of Life
Dear Sir, I Intend to Burn Your Book: An Anatomy of a Book Burning
The Deserter’s Tale: The Story of an Ordinary Soldier Who Walked Away
from the War in Iraq
(with Joshua Key)
Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada
Women of Vision: The Story of the Canadian Negro Women’s Association
Trials and Triumphs: The Story of African-Canadians
T
ELEVISION
The Book of Negroes
mini-series (with Clement Virgo)
F
ILM
Seeking Salvation: A History of the Black Church in Canada
COVER IMAGES ADAPTED FROM AN ORIGINAL PHOTO BY RYAN HEFFERNAN/AURORA PHOTOS
The Illegal
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2015
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The Illegal
is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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