Originally from Thunder Bay, ON, Margie has lived and worked in Vancouver, BC, Calgary, AB, Guelph, ON, and London, England. As a CBC Radio host and producer, she worked on regional and national programs (“Morningside”, “Sunday Morning”, “Gabereau”), wrote a syndicated parenting column and appeared regularly on arts and entertainment programs across the country. Her articles have appeared in The Globe and Mail, the Calgary Herald and Active Adult, and she’s the author of four novels: Rose Addams (NeWest Publishing 2023), Harrow Road (Mediscript Communications: 2017), Displaced Persons (NeWest Publishing: 2004) and Some of Skippy’s Blues (Robert Davies Publishing: 1997).  In 2006 she went back to school (University of Guelph) to get her Master’s degree in Capacity Development and Extension, focusing on facilitation and conflict management. In 2011 her collection of humorous non-fiction was published by Mediscript Communications: 60 IS THE NEW 20: A Boomer’s Guide to Aging with Dignity, Grace, and What’s Left of Your Self-Respect. Currently, Taylor lives and writes in Port Moody, BC. She blogs regularly on her website http://margietaylor.com/