Blanche Howard

Blanche Howard is a novelist, playwright, and teller of short stories. Her works include Penelope's Way, Pretty Lady, The Manipulator, The Immortal Soul of Edwin Carlysle and Dance of the Self. She lives in Vancouver, Canada. She was born in Daysland, Alberta in 1923 and died on June 12, 2014, at the age of 91. She grew up in Lloydminster and Calgary and held a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Alberta. After working in Toronto and Ottawa, she moved to Penticton in 1948, where she raised three children and became a chartered accountant. In 1973, she moved to North Vancouver and won the Canadian Booksellers Association award for her first novel, The Manipulator.