Watson, Sheila (1909–1998)
Watson, Sheila (1909–1998)
Canadian novelist and short-story writer. Born Sheila Doherty, Oct 24, 1909, in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; died Feb 1, 1998, at Nanaimo, British Columbia; dau. of Charles Edward Doherty (physician); attended University of British Columbia; m. Wilfred Watson (poet and playwright), 1941 (died less than 2 months after his wife, 1998).
Taught English in high schools before studying for PhD at University of Toronto under Marshall McLuhan; taught in department of English at University of Alberta, Edmonton; with husband, established periodical The White Pelican (1971); probably best known for her modernist novel The Double Hook (1959), also wrote Four Stories (1979), And the Four Animals (1980), Five Stories (1984), and Deep Hollow Creek (1992).
See also F. T. Flahiff, Always Someone to Kill the Doves: A Life of Sheila Watson (2005).