Hale, Katherine

Katherine Hale is the pen name for Amelia Beers Warnock. Born in Galt, Ontario, educated in Toronto and trained as a soprano in New York and Europe, she toured as a singer and published fiction and poetry. She wrote on contemporary literature for the Mail and Empire (Toronto) and lectured on Canadian Literature. In 1912, she married John Garvin. She was president of the Ontario branch of the Canadian Authors' Association, the Candian Women's Press Club and the Women's Canadian Club.