Gwen is descended from Irish tenant farmers and English Quakers. Her storytelling influences include soul searching, an interest in bygone days, and the complexities of living a life. Fascinated by the landscape of human tenacity, she writes about women navigating the social restrictions of their era. Gwen now lives with her husband on a small rural homestead in Ontario’s Kawartha Lakes region. She wrote Unrest and The Last Hoffman
while residing in Whitby.

Lynde House Museum and
the Warren General Store
will be CLOSED August 1-3
for the long weekend