Hugh Brewster
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London, England
Hugh Brewster | |
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| Born | May 26, 1950 London, England |
| Occupation | Author and editor |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | University of Guelph (BA) |
| Genre | Children's nonfiction |
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Hugh Brewster (born May 26, 1950, in London, England)[1] is a Canadian writer of nonfiction books for children.
Brewster was born May 26, 1950, in London, England[2] to Ormond Macmillan and Anne Brewster.[1] He has two older brothers and a younger sister.[2] The family moved to Scotland when Brewster was two,[2] then immigrated to Georgetown, Ontario in 1956.[1][2]
Brewster received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a minor in theatre from the University of Guelph.[1][2] Following graduation, he was a founding writer for the LGBT magazine The Body Politic.[3] He served as an editor with Scholastic Canada from 1972 to 1981, then continued as an editor with Scholastic in New York City from 1981 to 1984.[1] Beginning in 1984, he worked as an editorial director as Madison Press Books in Toronto.[1]
He published his first children's book, Anastasia's Album, in 1996.[4]
