Marianne Brandis (born 1938) is a Dutch-born Canadian writer.
Brandis was born in Amersfoort on October 5, 1938, to Willem Jean and Mattha Cornelia () Brender à Brandis. She moved with her family to Canada in 1947, living in British Columbia and Nova Scotia before settling in Ontario. She attended the University of British Columbia from 1956 to 1958, then St. Francis Xavier University from 1958 to 1959 before earning a Bachelor of Arts from McMaster University in 1960, followed by a Master of Arts from the same university in 1964.
Brandis worked as a copywriter for various private radio stations and for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. She also taught English at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Toronto Metropolitan University) from 1967 to 1989, after which she devoted herself to writing full time.
As of 2016, she lived in Stratford, Ontario.
Awards and honours Fire Ship (1992) received a Commendation from the Toronto Historical Board, and Rebellion: A Novel of Upper Canada (1996) received the Award of Merit from Heritage Toronto. +Awards for Brandis's workYearWorkAwardResult1986Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book AwardWinner1986IODE Violet Downey Book AwardWinner1991Geoffrey Bilson AwardWinner1996Rebellion: A Novel of Upper CanadaGeoffrey Bilson AwardWinner
Selected works Source:
This Spring's Sowing (1970) The Tinderbox (1982) The Quarter-Pie Window (1985) The Sign of the Scales (1990) Fire Ship (1992) Rebellion: A Novel of Upper Canada (1996) Frontiers and Sanctuaries: A Woman's Life in Holland and Canada, biography (2006) The Grand River / Dundalk to Lake Erie (2015)
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