I am a professional author with over 20 years’ experience in sales, marketing, and freelance writing and editing. My specialties are travel, lifestyle, memoirs, and features/profiles, but I love any and all non-fiction work, because I always learn something fascinating in the course of researching, writing, and talking to people. I am the author of five books from Altitude Publishing: • Alexander Graham Bell: the Spirit of Invention (2005) • Western Canada SuperGuide (2003) • Portrait of Edmonton and Northern Alberta (with Andrew Bradley, 2004) • Portrait of the Pacific Rim (with Ole Hoyer and Wendy Snowdon, 2005) • Portrait of Alberta (with Andrew Bradley, 2005) In the past decade I have worked with The Banff Centre, Crowfoot Media, WHERE Canadian Rockies, Parks Canada and many other clients. I'm an on-time, on-budget, detail-minded person, and I'm also easy to work with. I assist my corporate clients to convey their message in an effective, evocative way. Communication pieces such as web content, brochure and catalogue copy, and corporate plans and reports need to be dynamic and clear – that's where I come in. I also enjoy feature writing – I love doing interviews, profiles, and stories of all kinds. I think my approachable, accessible style helps connect the reader to the piece and to the experience. Give me any topic and I can research and write a great story about it!
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