Betty Lambert was a renowned Canadian playwright and English professor at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her most famous works were the children’s play The Riddle Machine, the radio play Grasshopper Hill, the comedy Sqrieux-de-Dieu, and the dramas Under the Skin and Jennie’s Story, which was adapted into the film Heart of the Sun in 1999. Betty Lambert passed away in 1983.

Thank you to Lee Beavington, PhD , Betty’s nephew, for the extensive research into Betty’s works and setting up the original version of this site.

For information on the Betty Lambert memorial prize for best unpublished play, please visit the Simon Fraser University’s English Department’s funding page.