Doris Hedges

Canadian Doris Hedges was an author of science fiction and fantasy literature, and was also a well established poet and novelist. Hedges travelled widely and served overseas in World War I. During World War II, she was the National Chairman of Publicity for the Wings for Britain Fund, and was active in other patriotic work. She appeared on various networks as commentator.

Born into a wealthy family herself, Doris married Geoffrey Hedges, a member of the Benson and Hedges tobacco dynasty and director of the Canadian Red Cross, and spent her later life in a luxury hotel in Montréal. In 1946 she founded Canada’s first literary agency, but she also used exaggeration and prevarication to achieve her goals. Although she published over a period of 50 years, she is practically forgotten as an author. With her short story The Boxing-Lessons, she was selected by the Canadian Arts Council for the 1948 Olympic art competitions.