Louisa Murray

Louisa Annie Murray (23 May 1818 – 27 July 1894) was an English-born Canadian writer.

Early life Murray was born in Carisbrooke on the Isle of Wight, England, and was raised in County Wicklow in Ireland. Her father was Lieutenant Edward Murray and her mother, Louisa Rose Lyons, also came from a military family. She emigrated to Canada with her family in the 1840s because of the Great Famine; they settled on Wolfe Island (near Kingston, Ontario). Her writing largely reflected Victorian romantic traditions, but she was also interested in equality for women. She corresponded frequently with Susanna Moodie and mentored several younger Canadian women writers. Her novels described the Canadian backwoods and the role of pioneering women, which extended beyond the usual "domestic sphere". She also wrote poetry.

Death Murray lived in a farm in Stamford near Niagara, Ontario where she died of dysentery in 1894.