1. Lance Gerard Woolaver was born on 1948 and is a Canadian author, poet, playwright, lyricist, and director.
13 Facts About Lance Woolaver
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Lance Woolaver's plays include one about international singer Portia White, who was born in Nova Scotia: Portia White - First You Dream.
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Lance Woolaver attended Acadia and Dalhousie universities in Nova Scotia, and the Sorbonne in Paris.
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Lance Woolaver noticed tourists stopping to buy paintings, but kept his distance from these local characters.
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Lance Woolaver wrote with his mother, and the resulting article, "The Joyful Art of Maud Lewis," published in December 1975, was purchased for $700, a sum he considered "a fortune" at the time.
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Lance Woolaver later wrote a book and two plays about Maud Lewis.
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Lance Woolaver published earlier stories in the 1970s in Canadian literary magazines, including the Wascana Review and The Fiddlehead.
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Lance Woolaver enjoys flyfishing in the Canadian Rockies, and on the Margaree River in Cape Breton Island.
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Lance Woolaver wrote the book The Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis, with photographs by Bob Brooks.
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Lance Woolaver is best known for his works on the life and art of Maud Lewis.
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Lance Woolaver wrote a picture book of Maud's life, The Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis, with photographs of Maud and her works by Bob Brooks.
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The Outlaw League is a young adult novel, which Lance Woolaver set in his home town of Digby, Nova Scotia.
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Lance Woolaver refers to childhood friends in his book, and to former Digby baseball teams, including the Digby Ravens, the Bear River Blue Sox, and the Freeport Schooners.