He was also a founding member and chair of the Writers’ Union of Canada. Findley went on to publish seven additional novels, as well as several short story collections, plays, and memoirs. Though his first two novels were rejected by Canadian publishers, his third novel, The Wars, received great critical acclaim and won the Governor General’s Award. Ruth Gordon, a friend of Findley’s who was a screenwriter and playwright, encouraged him to try writing, so Findley retired from acting in the 1960s in order to pursue writing full-time. In 1962, Findley met Bill Whitehead, a writer who eventually became his domestic partner and artistic collaborator.
He was part of the original company of the Stratford Festival (a world-renowned Shakespeare festival in Ontario) in the 1950s, and appeared on several popular Canadian television programs. As a young adult, Findley was a successful actor before he became a writer. Andrew's College, the same boarding school Robert Ross and Clifford Purchas attend before enlisting in the army in The Wars. Timothy Findley was raised in the affluent Rosedale district of Toronto, Ontario.
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