Ann-Marie Metten is a certified professional editor with a lifetime of experience editing books and magazines. She was the first of a handful of editors to successfully complete all four certification tests and achieve the designation of CPE through the Editors Association of Canada. She also holds a Masters of Publishing from Simon Fraser University. Most recently, she worked in-house for the literary publisher Talonbooks, editing drama, novels, and non-fiction, including the manuscripts of Indigenous writers such as Tomson Highway, Bev Sellars, and Drew Hayden Taylor. She provides editorial services to the book and magazine trade. www.annmariemetten.com

She volunteers as executive director of the Historic Joy Kogawa House Society and has a special interest in the work of Joy Kogawa. www.kogawahouse.com

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