Edith Iglauer Daly (formerly Hamburger; March 10, 1917 – February 13, 2019) was an American writer who wrote several nonfiction books, including The New People: The Eskimo's Journey Into Our Time (1966);[1] Denison's Ice Road (1974),[2] a profile of the ice road engineer John Denison; and Seven Stones (1981), a profile of the architect Arthur Erickson.
[3] She was also a freelance writer for The New Yorker, Harper's, The Atlantic Monthly, and Geist magazines.
[4] Edith Iglauer was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 10, 1917, to a family of German Jewish descent.
Iglauer appeared as herself, along with John Denison, in the History Channel presentation, Ice Road Truckers.
[8] Iglauer turned 100 in March 2017,[9] and died in Sechelt, British Columbia on February 13, 2019, aged 101.