Lawrence Hill (born January 24, 1957) is a Canadian novelist, essayist and memoirist.[1] He is best known for his 2013 Massey LecturesBlood: The Stuff of Life, his 2007 novel The Book of Negroes and his 2001 memoir Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada.[2] Hill was born in Newmarket, Ontario.