Kathryn E. Colquhoun (January 26, 1884 – after 1946) was a Canadian writer. The daughter of

Edward Alexander Colquhoun Edward Alexander Colquhoun (September 14, 1844 – November 16, 1904) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1897 to 1898. He represented Hamilton West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1898 to 1902 as a Conservative member. The son o ...

and Evelyn Esther Gourlay, she was born Evelyn Kate Colquhoun in

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and was educated there and at the Hamilton Arts School, where she earned a teacher's certificate. She studied illustration in

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and worked there as a writer and illustrator. In 1928, she published ''The Battle of St. Julien and other poems''. She published two plays in 1937 and another volume of poetry ''The Net of Dreams'' in 1942. Colquhoun also wrote plays and songs for performance on radio. She retired to

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. She was a member of the Canadian Authors Association.

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