About Lorraine Cathro

Biographical Information:

I have been writing for as long as I can remember.  In my baby book, my mother wrote that as soon as I was able to hold a crayon or pencil, I would sit at the kitchen table and write: in her words, "scratch, scratch."  When my parents bought and mounted a small blackboard, I wrote on it with my cherished pieces of chalk.  Throughout my school years, I wrote stories, poems, essays, and speeches. 

My years studying and, later, teaching at the university level honed my academic writing, but there was always the storytelling that I grew up with seeking expression.  As career and family demands increased, writing was done only for functional purposes.  When I retired, I had time to take more writing classes and time to write.  My books evolved from that writing. 

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Lorraine Lohr Cathro was raised on a farm south-west of Stettler, Alberta. She is the second daughter of Dorothy and Lloyd Lohr. 

Lorraine has degrees from the University of Saskatchewan (B.Ed., M.Ed., PhD) and taught at the university level for 20 years.  She then changed careers and was an investment advisor/stockbroker for a brokerage firm in Calgary. 

Now retired, Lorraine resides with her husband, Doug, on an acreage in Foothills County.  They have two grown children and four grandchildren.