Sylvia Taylor is an award-winning writer, editor and educator. A director of the Federation of BC Writers for 13 years, she consults with authors and entrepreneurs and is a popular conference presenter and adjudicator. Her creative writing has appeared in anthologies and genre magazines in Canada and the US, and she was shortlisted for the CBC National Literary Awards in creative non-fiction. She is co-creator and coordinator of “Surrey Stories: A Celebration of the Spoken Word,” a monthly writer/speaker series in conjunction with the City of Surrey Libraries.