With eight years of experience, Suzanne (Sue) Bowness has written and edited in a wide variety of subject areas, including higher education, business, technology, travel, arts, books, and history. When Sue handles larger projects, she relies on a team of fellow professionals represented by CodeWord Communications to help her get the job done reliably and on deadline.

Currently based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Sue began her career in magazines as Online Editor at the late Saturday Night Magazine. Since then she's worked as a freelancer to develop a solid reputation for consistently producing good work, producing everything from brochures to newsletters to articles to reports. She loves the challenge of making even dry topics fun and readable.

Sue's first love of magazines even comes through in the academic work she's undertaken - to write a PhD thesis on nineteenth century Canadian periodicals.

Sue also has a passion for creative writing. She just published her first book of poetry, The Days You've Spent, with Tightrope Books, and is working on several other creative projects.

Sue is currently President of the Ottawa Chapter of the Professional Writers Association of Canada and a member of the Editors Association of Canada. If you'd like more information, please e-mail her - she would be happy to send you a full resume.

RESUME HIGHLIGHTS:

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

• Since 2001: Freelance writer and editor
• Editor, Information Highways magazine (RIP 2004)
• Online Editor at the weekly Saturday Night magazine (RIP 2001)

EDUCATION

• In progress: PhD in English at the University of Ottawa focussing on nineteenth century Canadian magazines
• MA: English, York University
  Thesis focused on the history of Saturday Night magazine
• BA Hons: Literary Studies and History, University of Toronto

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• University of Ottawa: Prose Fiction, Poetry and Drama, Essay Writing
• Centennial College: Instructor in Online Writing and Information Design Program