Deborah Dundas is a writer and journalist, has worked as a television producer and is currently an editor at the Toronto Star. Her work has appeared in numerous publications in Canada, the UK and Ireland including Maclean’s, Globe and Mail, National Post, Canadian Notes and Queries, Belfast Telegraph, and Sunday Independent. She attended York University for English and Political Science and has an MFA in creative non-fiction from the University of King’s College.

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