I am a writer and communications specialist living in Montreal, currently working for Concordia University.

Over the last few years, I’ve been a freelance writer for The Edmonton Journal and the warehouse.  You can see a selection of what I’ve written here.

I sometimes work on various web projects as a consultant, copywriter, and project manager.

I also love to write fiction. My short story, “Missing Things,” was selected as a Top 25 finalist in Glimmer Train‘s Short Story Award for New Writers (2009).  My stories, “The Comforts of Life” and “On the Bridge,” were semi-finalists in the Summer Literary Seminars contest in 2008 and 2009 respectively. This competition was organized by The Walrus, and other fine magazines.

Me in Villeray, my neighbourhood
My communications work has also taken me to McGill University, National Film Board of Canada, Bath Fitter, the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission, the Alberta Teachers’ Association, and the Alberta Liberal Opposition.

Je parle français… C’est un atout ici à Montréal, il faut dire.

My favourite authors – it’s impossible to pick just one – are Fyodor Dostoevsky, Saul Bellow, Virginia Woolf, Michel Houellebecq and Mordecai Richler.

To reach me, email laurencemiall@gmail.com