Five Rivers Chapmanry

A Guelph native, Alicia Hendley is a PhD in clinical psychology, and when not writing is a psychologist in the counselling centre at the University of Waterloo where she primarily works with young adults.

She is a Waterloo native and makes her home in Guelph with her soon to be four children and husband.

From 1985 – 1989, he attended Trent University in Peterborough, ON, and graduated with an Honours BA in Cultural Studies.

In 1991 he returned to school to study journalism at Conestoga College in Kitchener, ON. Shortly thereafter, he began freelancing.

Since the early 1990s, Nate has written hundreds of news articles, features, profiles, investigative pieces, advertorials, corporate stories and public relations items. His writing credits include The National Post, The Globe and Mail, Marketing Magazine, eye weekly, The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Journal, etc.

He is particularly adept at writing about political, social and cultural issues, automotive, high-tech and business topics and health-related concerns.

In addition to his work as a journalist, he is a published author, formlery with Altitude Publishing, and now with Five Rivers.

Nate has also published two children’s books with Jackfruit Press of Toronto: Jean Chretien: The Scrapper Who Climbed His Way to the Top (2005) and William Lyon Mackenzie King: The Loner Who Kept Canada Together (2006).

His latest book, Bonnie and Clyde: A Biography, was published by the Greenwood Publishing Group in spring, 2007. This marks his first book by an American publisher.

Nate is the Ontario Regional Director of the Professional Writers Association of Canada. PWAC is a national organization that represents the interests of freelance writers.

Nate lives in Toronto with a demanding cat.

You can find Nate through his blog, website and Facebook.

Patrick Lima and John Scanlan escaped to a flat field full of hip-high seedy hay grass, some scrubb chokecherries crusted with black not and a few leaning fence posts looped with rusty wire in Dyer's Bay in 1975. Since then they've transformed fallow land into an oasis known to gardeners everywhere as Larkwhistle.

Their books have been published by Key Porter. They've lectured and toured about their love of the land and their love of green and growing things, offering hope and insight for those who share land husbandry.

Paul Lima has worked as a professional writer since 1980. In 1993, he started a freelance writing business and has covered technology and business issues for the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, National Post, Profit, Time Canada, CBC.ca, and many other periodicals and websites. For corporate clients, Paul writes case studies, media releases and promotional copy and conducts business writing and media interview preparation training seminars. He also conducts freelance writing and business writing e-courses.

Paul has written 8 books, 3 e-reports and 3 university course curriculums on business and promotional writing and the business of freelance writing. His latest book, How to Write a Non-Fiction Book in 60 Days, is published by Five Rivers Chapmanry. While some writers have suggested the book must be a work of fiction, Paul swears it is non-fiction; he has applied the principles detailed in the book to all his writing. Paul maintains a widely-read blog on freelance writing (www.paullima.com/blog). You can read more about him online at www.paullima.com.

Born in Derbyshire, England in 1964, Simon Rose is an author of science fiction and fantasy novels for young readers and based in Calgary, Alberta.

His first six novels for children, The Doomsday Mask, The Heretic's Tomb, The Emerald Curse, The Alchemist’s Portrait, The Sorcerer’s Letterbox and The Clone Conspiracy, all continue to gather great reviews and The Sorcerer’s Letterbox was nominated for the Silver Birch, Diamond Willow and Golden Eagle Book Awards in 2005.

Simon can be found at his website: http://www.simonrose.com

Deb Salisbury is the owner of the Mantua-Maker Historical Sewing Patterns, established in 1994. Her costuming career began early – making dresses for her sister’s dolls. She discovered costuming at the BayCon masquerade, a science fiction convention held in 1885 1985, and soon thereafter fell in love with historical costuming. After many years of collecting historical clothing terms, she decided to assemble and share them with other costume historians.

In 1980 Lorina Stephens picked up the pen professionally and never looked back. She has worked as editor, freelance journalist for national and regional print media, is author of six books both fiction and non-fiction, been a festival organizer, publicist, lectures on many topics from historical textiles and domestic technologies, to publishing and writing, teaches, and continues to work as a writer, artist, and publisher.

She has had several short fiction pieces published in Canada’s acclaimed On Spec magazine and Marion Zimmer Bradley’s fantasy anthology Sword & Sorceress X. Her book credits include:

·                     From Mountains of Ice, Five Rivers Chapmanry 2009

·                     And the Angels Sang, Five Rivers Chapmanry 2008

·                     Shadow Song, Five Rivers Chapmanry 2008

·                     Recipes of a Dumb Housewife, Lulu Publishing 2007

·                     Credit River Valley, Boston Mills Press 1994

·                     Touring the Giant’s Rib: A Guide to the Niagara Escarpment; Boston Mills Press 1993

Lorina Stephens is presently working on a new novel entitled, The Rose Guardian.

She lives with her husband of three plus decades, and two cats, in a historic stone house in Neustadt, Ontario.

Lorina can be found through her Facebook page.