Heather Spears

Heather Spears, 1934-2021, Canadian writer and artist, was educated at the University of British Columbia, the Vancouver School of Art and the University of Copenhagen, and lived in Denmark and Canada since 1962. An award-winning poet, she published 15 collections of poetry and 5 novels, illustrated numerous books and articles and drew at literary festivals and other live drawing venues. Specializing in drawing children, in particular premature and other threatened infants, she exhibited and traveled widely, drawing in hospitals in the Middle East, Europe and America, and remained active, teaching, drawing and writing up until the end of her life. 100s of her drawings are collected at the Wellcome Trust, London, and the Merril Collection, Toronto. The Heather Spears archive is housed at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Her full biography and bibliography, blog and contact info to her estate can be found at https://heatherspears.com. Heather Spears was a member of PEN, The League of Canadian Poets, The Writers' Union of Canada, SF Canada, The Society of Authors, and Tegnerforbundet af 1919 (Danish drawing association).