{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | name = Edith L. Sharp | image = | caption = | birth_name = Edith Lambert Sharp | birth_date = March 7, 1911 | birth_place= near Carroll, Manitoba | death_date = {{Dda|1974|7|2|1911|3|7}} | death_place= Surrey, British Columbia | nationality = Canadian | occupation = Writing teacher, writer | genre = Children's literature }}{{Short description|Canadian writer and educator (1911–1974)}} '''Edith Lambert Sharp''' (March 7, 1911 – July 2, 1974) was a Canadian professional woman, writing teacher, and writer. She won the annual Governor General's Award for juvenile fiction in 1958, recognizing her historical novel ''Nkwala'' as the year's best Canadian book.<ref name="ogwc-GG" />

== Life == She was born near Carroll, Manitoba, the daughter of Charles Lambert and Edna Louise (Maloan) Sharp. She dropped out of high school in Penticton, British Columbia, after one year. She attended the Vancouver School of Art and took private studies from the Smithsonian Institution to develop her artistic talents.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

Sharp worked as the director of the Okanagan Summer School of the Arts, and taught creative writing in night and summer schools. She also became involved in politics and served for several years as secretary to the riding associations of the local Progressive Conservative Party.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

Sharp was a member of the Penticton Board of Trade, an honorary member of the Business and Professional Women's Club, and a member of the Conservative Party and the Anglican Church of Canada. She died in British Columbia in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLBL-LSW |title=Person Details for Edith Lambert Sharp, "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986" — |publisher=Familysearch.org |date= |accessdate=2015-08-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/images/getimage/genealogy/screensize/3fdc9af6-36d4-464a-a668-caacc93da6bc |title = 3fdc9af6-36d4-464a-a668-caacc93da6bc (1673x2660 pixels) |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115060401/http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/images/getimage/genealogy/screensize/3fdc9af6-36d4-464a-a668-caacc93da6bc |archive-date=15 January 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Selected works== <!-- 2015-08-20, WorldCat lists for Sharp only editions of this book including translations --> * ''Nkwala'', illustrated by William Winter (Little, Brown, 1958), {{OCLC|964680}}, {{LCCN|58008492}} – Governor General's Award for Juvenile Fiction<ref name=ogwc-GG/>

''Nkwala'' is a researched juvenile novel about the pre-colonial Okanagan people of the Interior of British Columbia. <!-- LC gives subject heading Spokane Indians -->

==References== {{Reflist |refs= <ref name=ogwc-GG>{{cite web|url=http://www.track0.com/ogwc/resources/awardsgovgen.html |title=online guide to canadian writing: awards: governor general's literary awards |publisher=Track0.com |date= |accessdate=2015-08-25}}</ref> }}

==External links== {{Portal |Children's literature}} * {{LCAuth|no2004064522|Edith Lambert Sharp|1|ue}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharp, Edith Lambert}} Category:1911 births Category:Canadian Anglicans Category:Canadian children's writers Category:Governor General's Award–winning children's writers Category:People from Westman Region, Manitoba Category:Emily Carr University of Art and Design alumni Category:1974 deaths