Marsha Boulton

Marsha Boulton (born c. 1952) is a Canadian journalist and humorist, who won the Stephen Leacock Award in 1996 for her book Letters from the Country.^[1] Some early media reports incorrectly credited her as the first woman ever to win the award,^[2] although in fact four women — Sondra Gotlieb, Joan Walker, Jan Hilliard and Angeline Hango — had won the award before her.

Her other books have included More Letters from the Country (1997), Just a Minute: Glimpses of Our Great Canadian Heritage (1998), Just Another Minute (1998), Letters from Across the Country (1999) and Just a Minute More (1999), as well as republished "omnibus" editions of both the Letters from the Country and Just a Minute series.

Originally from Toronto, Ontario, where she was a journalist and editor for Maclean's,^[3] she moved in 1980 to a farm in Wellington County with her husband Stephen Williams, a journalist best known for his works on Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka.^[4] After her move, she wrote a syndicated column about country life which appeared in 40 newspapers across Canada,^[3] was a contributor to CBC Radio,^[3] and contributed to publications including Canadian Business, Chatelaine, the Toronto Star and Toronto Life.

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