Born August 18, 1938 in Clearwater, Manitoba, the son of Philip McRae and Ruby Elsie Aurelia Rogers. Raised in Winnipeg, Makaroff, Manitoba and Portage la Prairie.
Writing genre: Fiction/Non-fiction
Published work includes:
Fiction:
Miriam (short story) (The Western Producer) (1970)
A Summer’s Ending (short story) The Western Producer (1974)
Milly, “Ears” and the Supreme Test (short story) (Winnipeg Stories)
(Queenston House) (1974)
The Old Bread Truck (short story) (Images about Manitoba) (1975)
A Room on the River (short stories) (Queenston House) (1977)
Non-fiction:
When the First Snow Came We Felt Safe and Warm (article)
(Winnipeg Free Press) (Manitoba Centennial Edition) (1970)
An Order of Minnows Please (article) (Winnipeg Free Press) (1974)
Freelance arts & entertainment contributor to the Winnipeg Free Press
(New Leisure) (1974-1975)
Editorial work:
An Affair with my City (Selected Works by Max Goldin)
Canadian Authors Association (1988) (Fiction editor)
Awards and Prizes:
Second Prize (short fiction) Winnipeg Writers’ Society Competition (1970)
Second Prize (short fiction) Winnipeg Writers’ Society Competition (1971)
Third Prize (full-length category) Manitoba Arts Council Playwriting Competition (1974)
Second Prize (short fiction) (Eaton Competition)
Canadian Authors Association (1988)
Kathleen Strange Memorial Award
Canadian Authors Association (1989)
Works-in-progress:
Watching from the Wings (a novel)
Waiting for the Music (a novel)