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Laura Goodman Salverson (December 9, 1890 – July 13, 1970) was a Canadian author.

Natural around Winnipeg, Manitoba, the daughter of Lárus Guðmundsson & Ingibjörg Guðmundsdóttir world health organization immigrated to Winnipeg inside 1887 from Grundir in Bolungarvík, she married George Salverson in 1913.

Selected works
A Viking Heart (1923) Roadside Gleams (1925) A Dark Weaver: Against a Sombre Background of a Old Generations Flame the Scarlet Banners of the Up to date (1937), winner of the 1937 Governor General's Awards Confessions of an Immigrant’s Daughter (1939), winner of the 1939 Governor General's Awards Immortal Rock: A Saga of the Kensington Stone (1954)

Canadian Writers: Laura Goodman Salverson
Biography of the author.

National Library of Canada: Laura Goodman Salverson Fonds
Biographical sketch and description of the collection.




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