Elizabeth Pacey

Elizabeth Pacey is a Canadian writer from Nova Scotia.

Biography Pacey worked as a high school teacher until 1972, when she quit to begin writing full-time. She was a vocal critic of high-rise development in the area surrounding the Halifax Citadel in the 1970s.

Pacey has served as President of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia. Her husband, Philip, also served as President. He died in 2016. Pacey is the author of several books; including Landmarks (1994), which won the Evelyn Richardson Award in 1995; and Miracle on Brunswick Street (2003), which won the Dartmouth Book Award for Non-Fiction in 2004.

In 2002, Pacey was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal. She was invested into the Order of Canada on 4 May 2007.

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