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Biography

Before striking out on her own, Alethea was employed full-time as an editor for a major mass market publisher in uptown Toronto where she acquired and edited manuscripts for almost seven years. She has a B.A.(English/Literature) from the University of Saskatchewan and an honours certificate in Book and Magazine Publishing from Centennial College. Alethea had the good fortune of working with Canadian writer Antanas Sileika; he was her mentor for studies in Humber College’s Creative Writing program, Fiction Stream (where she earned her graduate certificate in Creative Writing).

Alethea has extensive experience in publication management: she was Managing Editor for a Canadian health & wellness magazine (Life Peak) for almost three years, and is currently Managing Editor for a 16-page newsletter for veterinarians published by Elsevier Canada.

Alethea is a Voting Member of the Editors’ Association of Canada (EAC) and a Professional Member of the Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC). She is Newsletter Chair/Editor for EDITION, the newsletter of the Toronto Branch, and writes a regular column on the writing life for CONTACT, PWAC's member newsletter.

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