Thomas Head Raddall was born on 13 November 1903 at Hythe, Kent, England and came to Canada in 1913. After attending Chebucto School, he trained at the Canadian School of Telegraphy in Halifax and worked as a marine telegraph operator from 1919 to 1922. He then trained at Maritime Business College and, in 1929, moved to Liverpool, Nova Scotia to work for the Mersey Paper Company. In 1938, he quit his job to become a full-time writer. In addition to his books, Raddall wrote numerous magazine articles and pieces for radio and television. He died 1 April 1994 in Liverpool.

Books by Thomas H. Raddall

	1931 The Saga of the Rover (fiction)
	1934 The Markland Sagas, With a Discussion of Their Relation to Nova Scotia (with C.H.L. Jones, nonfiction)
	1939 The Pied Piper of Dipper Creek and Other Tales (published 1943 in Canada, fiction)
	1942 His Majesty's Yankees (fiction)
	1944 Roger Sudden (fiction)
	1945 Tambour and Other Stories (fiction)
	1946 Pride's Fancy (fiction)
	1947 The Wedding Gift and Other Stories (fiction)
	1948 Halifax, Warden of the North (nonfiction)
	1948 West Novas: A History of the West Nova Scotia Regiment (nonfiction)
	1950 The Nymph and the Lamp (fiction)
	1950 Son of the Hawk (fiction)
	1953 Tidefall (also released as Give and Take, fiction)
	1954 A Muster of Arms and Other Stories (fiction)
	1956 The Wings of Night (fiction)
	1957 The Path of Destiny: Canada From the British Conquest to Home Rule, 1763-1850 (nonfiction)
	1958 The Rover: The Story of a Canadian Privateer (fiction)
	1959 At the Tide's Turn and Other Stories (fiction)
	1960 The Governor's Lady (fiction)
	1966 Hangman's Beach (fiction)
	1968 Footsteps on Old Floors: True Tales of Mystery (nonfiction)
	1970 A Pictorial Guide to Historic Nova Scotia, Featuring Louisbourg, Peggy's Cove, Sable Island (nonfiction)
	1970 This is Nova Scotia, Canada's Ocean Playground (nonfiction)
	1976 In My Time: A Memoir (nonfiction)
	1979 The Mersey Story (nonfiction)
	1986 The Dreamers (fiction)
	1987 Courage in the Storm (fiction)
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Awards

• Governor General's Literary Award: Fiction
  • 1943 – The Pied Piper of Dipper Creek – Winner

• Governor General's Literary Award: Nonfiction
  • 1948 – Halifax, Warden of the North – Winner
  • 1957 – The Path of Destiny – Winner

• Lorne Pierce Medal
  • 1956 Winner

• Order of Canada
  • 1970 – Officer

Links

• Thomas Head Raddall Digital Collection

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Added 24 May 2006.
Updated 07 January 2012.