Creighton, Luella Bruce, 1901-

Luella Sanders Bruce was born Aug. 25, 1901 in Stouffville, Ont. She taught in a rural school in 1920-1921, prior to attending Victoria College at the University of Toronto. She graduated with a BA in 1926 and married historian and writer Donald Creighton on June 23 of the same year.

Her writings include High Bright Buggy Wheels, McClelland & Stewart, 1951;Turn East, Turn West, McClelland & Stewart, 1954; Canada, The Struggle for Empire (non-fiction), Dent, 1960; Canada, Trial and Triumph (non-fiction), Dent, 1963; Tecumseh, the Story of the Shawnee Chief (juvenile biography), Macmillan, 1965; Miss Multipenny and Miss Crumb, Peal, 1966; The Elegant Canadians (non-fiction), McClelland & Stewart, 1967; The Hitching Post, McClelland & Stewart, 1969. Luella Creighton died in 1996.