Pearl Luke is a Canadian novelist. Born in Peace River, Alberta, Luke attended University of Calgary and earned first a BA and then an MA in English Literature. She lives on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, with her partner, poet/novelist Robert Hilles. For the first forty years of her life, Luke lived in Alberta, where she was active in the literary community, especially in Calgary, where she was an editor-at-large for Dandelion and worked for book publishers Detselig Enterprises and Thomson/Carswell. She gave many public readings and taught numerous writing workshops. In 2001, she moved to British Columbia and has been similarly active in the literary community there. On Salt Spring Island she is a founding member of Salt Spring Writers and Friends, a charity that provides scholarships for beginning writers on the island. She also serves on the Author's Committee for the Writers' Trust of Canada. In her award winning first novel, Burning Ground, Luke writes a love story about a bisexual character working in a fire lookout in northern Alberta. 

March 21st, 1958 in Canada (Age 66)