Lawrence Hill

Lawrence Hill (born January 24, 1957) is a Canadian novelist, essayist and memoirist. He is best known for his 2013 Massey Lectures "Blood: The Stuff of Life", his 2007 novel "The Book of Negroes" and his 2001 memoir "Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada". Hill was born in Newmarket, Ontario.
Hill served as chair of the jury for the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize.