Grace Irwin

Grace Irwin (1907-2008) was a Canadian writer who wrote Christian-themed fiction. She also worked as a classics teacher and minister.

Biography Born in Toronto on July 14, 1907, Grace was the youngest of five children of John Irwin, a Methodist lay minister, and Martha Fortune Irwin, a schoolteacher. Grace attended high school at the Parkdale Collegiate Institute before going on to earn a B.A. in 1929 and an M.A. in 1932 in Greek drama and philosophy from the University of Toronto. She taught at Humberside Collegiate Institute for many years, serving as head of the Latin and Greek department from 1942 to 1969. She was also awarded a Canadian Centennial Medal in 1968. and the Word Guild's Grace Irwin Grand Prize for Christian writers.