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. For more information, see the Thomas Head Raddall Digital Collection.

Books by Thomas H. Raddall

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

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

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

• Lorne Pierce Medal
  • 1956 Winner

• Order of Canada
  • 1970 – Officer

Added 24 May 2006.
Updated 12 October 2008.