Marjorie Elliott Wilkins was born in London, England, to Mary Eleanor Elliott and William Herbert Wilkins. They emigrated to the
Qu'Appelle Valley in
Saskatchewan in 1904. She married Angus Campbell, a surgeon, in 1931 and continued to work as a writer and editor. Marjorie Wilkins Campbell began writing in high school for the Swift Current Collegiate Clarion. Prior to publishing novels and biographies focused on Canadian history and exploration, Campbell spent many years as a freelancer and eventually became the editor of
Magazine Digest in Montreal and Women's editor of Canadian Magazine. In previous years, Wilkins Campbell traveled to various cities throughout North America, Europe and the U.K. researching material for her book,
No Compromise, which was published in 1965. Campbell won multiple awards including a $1000
Canada Council grant and a
Guggenheim Fellowship (1959) She served as a consultant for the Ontario Government regarding the restoration of Fort William between 1971 and 1976. ==Works==