Graham Petrie (writer)

Graham Petrie (December 10, 1939 – December 9, 2023) was a Scottish-Canadian academic and writer. He was a literature and film studies professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.

Petrie was born in Penang, British Malaya, to Scottish parents and was raised and educated primarily in Scotland. He initially joined McMaster University as a professor of English, with his academic focus evolving toward film during his time with the institution.

In addition to his academic works, Petrie published the novel Seahorse in 1980, and was a shortlisted nominee for the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 1981. In 1996, Soho Press published his second novel The Siege simultaneously with a reissue of Seahorse. He also published the short story "Village Theatre" in John Robert Colombo's 1981 anthology Not to Be Taken at Night.

Petrie died on December 9, 2023, at the age of 83.