Graham Petrie (December 10, 1939 – December 9, 2023) was a Scottish-Canadian academic and writer.[1] He was a literature and film studies professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.[2]
Petrie was born in Penang, British Malaya, to Scottish parents and was raised and educated primarily in Scotland.[1] He initially joined McMaster University as a professor of English,[3] 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,[4] and was a shortlisted nominee for the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 1981.[1] In 1996, Soho Press published his second novel The Siege[5] simultaneously with a reissue of Seahorse.[1] He also published the short story "Village Theatre" in John Robert Colombo's 1981 anthology Not to Be Taken at Night.[6]
Petrie died on December 9, 2023, at the age of 83.[7]