Susan Musgrave

About

A Canadian poet and children's author, she is best known for a Governor General's Award-nominated poetry collection entitled A Man to Marry, A Man to Bury. Her works of children's literature include Hag Head and Dreams are More Real than Bathtubs.

Before Fame

She was born in central California to Canadian parents, and she later settled in British Columbia, Canada.

Trivia

She taught in the University of British Columbia's Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing.

Family Life

Her husband, author and ex-con Stephen Reid, was once part of the infamous Stopwatch Gang and was convicted of bank robbery.

Associated With

She and fellow Canadian poet, Anne Carson, were literary contemporaries.