L. R. Wright

Laurali Rose Wright (née Appleby; 5 June 1939 – 25 February 2001), known professionally as L. R. Wright, was a Canadian writer of mainstream fiction and mystery novels. Many of her stories are set on the coast of British Columbia.

Early life and education

Wright was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She was educated at Carleton University, the University of Calgary, University of British Columbia, and later at Simon Fraser University (Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, 1995).

Career In 1959, Wright worked as a journalist at the Fraser Valley Record; she wrote for the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, but her first article was for The Globe and Mail about being a teenager in Germany. She later moved to Calgary, where she was mentored by W. O. Mitchell. She worked in California for an advertising agency.

While in Vancouver, she met John Wright. The two married in 1962, and wrote several adaptations of her novels for CBC Radio. Her novels have been published and distributed throughout the world in several languages.

Personal life Wright rarely used her given names for any purpose. She published all her novels as L. R. Wright (except in the US, where she appeared as Laurali Wright), and was known as Bunny in her personal life.

She and her husband, John Wright, got first married in 1962 and divorced in 1995; they remarried on December 25, 2000. They had two daughters.

Published works The Alberg and Cassandra Mysteries

The Suspect (1985) Sleep While I Sing (1986) A Chill Rain in January (1990) Fall From Grace (1991) Prized Possessions (1993) A Touch of Panic (1994) Mother Love (1995) Strangers Among Us (1996) Acts of Murder (1997)

The Edwina Henderson Mysteries Kidnap (2000) Menace (2001)

Other novels

Neighbours (1979) The Favorite (1982) Among Friends (1984) Love in the Temperate Zone (1988)