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Richard Andrews

Arts & Entertainment, Corporate, Fiction, Journalism, Non-Fiction, Non-Profit/NGO Bio From piranha fishing on the Amazon and tracking down war criminals in Beijing, to the boardrooms of Fortune 100 companies and the coral reefs of Fiji, Richard Andrews has more than 30 years’ experience in journalism, public relations and freelance writing. A former Beijing correspondent, diplomat …

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Christopher Holcroft

Academic, Corporate, Government, Journalism, Non-Profit/NGO Bio Christopher draws on more than 20 years of writing; strategic communications, media relations, and political campaign management experience to support clients enact positive change. Prior to starting Empower Consulting in 2008, Christopher held a number of public affairs roles in the non-profit, private, and public sectors. Christopher is a …

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Leila Marshy

Academic, Arts & Entertainment, Corporate, Fiction, Government, Journalism, Non-Fiction, Non-Profit/NGO Bio Leila has published stories and poetry in dozens of Canadian and American journals and anthologies and has worked as a writing coach and mentor in schools and for individuals. She spent many years in the pedagogical sector, writing, editing and project managing. Her novel, …

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Lawrence Papoff

Corporate, Government, Journalism, Non-Fiction, Non-Profit/NGO Bio For over 20 years, I was the associate editor then freelancer for Canadian AutoWorld, Canada’s new car dealer magazine. In that time, I chronicled the growth of auto retail in Canada as family-owned dealerships grew into dealer groups and women made their way into the decision-making ranks while Japanese …

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Rohan Quinby

Academic, Corporate, Non-Fiction, Non-Profit/NGO Bio I am a freelance writer, editor, and author of Time and the Suburbs—a book about contemporary suburbia published by ARP in 2011. I have worked as a cultural journalist, speechwriter, script consultant, ghostwriter, and editor in Quebec, New Zealand, the USA, and Canada’s Yukon. With a Masters degree in Public Policy …

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Raquel Rivera

Children’s & YA Literature Bio I’m the author of fiction and creative non-fiction books for children and young adults. My books have won the QWF Prize for Children’s and YA Literature, twice; they’ve been nominated for the Red Cedar Book Award, Silver Birch, Forest of Reading awards and the Rocky Mountain Book Award, and were …

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Gina Roitman

Fiction, Non-Fiction Bio I am the author of the novel, Don’t Ask; a short story collection, Tell Me a Story, Tell Me the Truth; and several biographies including Midway to China and Beyond.  As a writing coach and editor, I have worked on a diverse range of projects: a chick-lit novel by a best-selling novelist, a first-time author’s work of historical …

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