Betty Lambert
Betty Lambert, born Elizabeth Minnie Lee was a Canadian writer.
Lambert was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to Christopher and Bessie Lee, the oldest of three daughters.
She graduated from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, in 1957.
She married Frank Lambert in 1952. They were divorced in 1962. Betty had a daughter in 1964.
Lambert received the 1956 Brissenden Creative Writing Award and the 1957 Macmillan Best Short Story Award.
In 1965 she joined the English Department of the newly founded Simon Fraser University, where she eventually became professor.
Lambert died in Burnaby, British Columbia, in 1983.
Her work includes over seventy stage, radio, and television plays; additionally, works of both long and short fiction. While handling a broad range of topics, many of her works deal with feminism, strong women, and sexual violence.Works
