E. M. Granger Bennett

Ethel Mary (E. M.) Granger Bennett (died April 19, 1988)^[1] was a Canadian writer, best known for her Ryerson Fiction Award-winning novel Short of the Glory.^[2]

E. M. Granger Bennett
Born	Ethel Mary Granger England
Died	April 19, 1988 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	novelist, non-fiction
Nationality	Canadian
Period	1950s-1960s
Notable works	Short of the Glory
Spouse	Harold Bennett

Biography

Born in England as Ethel Mary Granger, she was raised in Collingwood, Ontario.^[3] After completing high school, she spent several years teaching in a small two-room elementary school near Collingwood, and writing for the local newspaper, to save money to attend the University of Toronto.^[3] She graduated from the university's Victoria College in 1915 with a degree in modern languages.^[3] After World War I, she married academic Harold Bennett, who would later go on to become president of Victoria College^[2] and Laurentian University.^[3]

Bennett taught languages, including French and German, at various institutions including the University of Toronto and the Ontario Ladies' College.^[1] She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1931.^[1]

She published three historical fiction novels: Land for Their Inheritance (1955), A Straw in the Wind (1958) and Short of the Glory (1960).^[3] All three novels dealt with the settlement and development of New France.^[3]

Later in life, she took a doctorate in sacred literature from Victoria College.^[3]

She died on April 19, 1988, in Toronto, Ontario, at age 96 according to The Globe and Mail^[3] or 97 according to the Toronto Star.^[1]