Margaret Anne Hume, a former librarian at Concordia University in Montreal, is a graduate of the universities of New Brunswick and McGill. Her book, Just Mary: The Life of Mary Evelyn Grannan (Dundurn Group, 2006), is the first published biography of the award-winning CBC children’s writer and broadcaster, Mary Grannan, who was named as an historic national person by Parks Canada in 2018. “Just Mary” Reader”: Mary Grannan, Selected Stories (Dundurn Group, 2006) presents some of Grannan’s broadcast stories selected, edited, and introduced by Margaret. My Life: Adventures of an RCAF Flying Officer, Eaton’s Manager, and Family Man (Caissie Cape Publications, 2012), co-written by Margaret and her father, Albert Mair MacLean (1922-2012), details his family history, his service in the Second World War as an RCAF pilot on the Avro Lancaster bomber, and his career with Canadian retailer T. Eaton Company. Margaret is an active member of Canadian Authors Association and has previously held the positions of national co-chair and past chair.
