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About The Author

Margaret Macpherson

Margaret Macpherson grew up in the Northwest Territories on the shores of Great Slave Lake. She has a Masters degree in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia and has worked as a journalist and teacher in Halifax, Bermuda, and Vancouver. Macpherson is the author of four non-fiction volumes including Silk, Spices and Glory: In Search of the Northwest Passage and the award-winning biography Nellie McClung: Voice for the Voiceless. Her first collection of short fiction, Perilous Departures, was published by Signature Editions in 2004. This is Margaret Macpherson’s first novel.

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A graphic for All Lit Up’s Women Asking Women series. On the top left is Shawna Lemay, a light-skin-toned woman with blonde hair, holding a book and looking into the camera. On the bottom right is Margaret Macpherson, a light-skin-toned woman with short grey hair who is smiling into the camera. Text on the graphic reads: “Women Asking Women (Writers Asking Writers). Shawna Lemay and Margaret Macpherson. Women’s History Month on ALU."
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A photo of writer Margaret Macpherson. She is a light skin-toned woman with short grey hair, with glasses perched at the top of her head. She is mid-laugh, beaming at the camera.
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