Welcome to the website of Charlotte Gray, author of eight non-fiction bestsellers including Gold Diggers, Striking It Rich in the Klondike, Reluctant Genius, the Passionate Life and Inventive Mind of Alexander Graham Bell and Sisters in the Wilderness, The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill. Well-known across Canada as an author and public speaker, Charlotte explores the past with wit and a sense of drama.

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Charlotte has a new book coming out in September 2013. The Massey Murder: A Maid, Her Master and a Trial that Shocked a Nation is a gripping true crime story from 1915 that will make readers rethink a crucial period of Canadian history.

March 2013: Scott Free Productions began shooting in Alberta a six hour television mini-series for the Discovery Channel. Klondike, based on Charlotte's best-seller Gold Diggers about the 1896-1899 Klondike Gold Rush, is a $25 million production and stars Sam Shepard, Abbie Cornish, Tim Roth and Richard Madden. Klondike will be broadcast in early 2014.

Charlotte was one of the five panellists in CBC's Canada Reads 2013. She championed Jane Urquhart's novel Away in "The Battle of the Regions," against four other strong contenders from other parts of the country. Canada Reads aired February 11-14 on Q with Jian Ghomeshi. One audience member described Charlotte as an “intellectual ninja”! Watch the videos of four fierce debates at CBC Canada Reads.