Author
I was first published at the age of six (in the Gilpin Elementary School newsletter, reproduced on the Gestettner machine in the principal’s office), and submitted my first book-length manuscript to a US publisher at seven: “We publish books for children, not by children,” was their response. Seventeen jobs, six magazines and 30 years later, I tried again, and Jane Ray’s Wildlife Rescue Series was born!
I studied world religions at the University of British Columbia, and my first job after university consisted of loading 25,000 copies of the newly launched Vancouver Boulevard: An Arts Magazine into my 1966 Chev Malibu and finding them homes. When the editor left suddenly, I was offered her job. Since Boulevard, I have worked as a copywriter (Douglas & McIntyre), copy editor (SFU; UBC), publicist (Stanton & MacDougall) and Marketing Director for a national, bilingual magazine (REALM: Creating Work You Want). I’m currently the features writer for the UBC Law Alumni Magazine.
Over 18 years, I’ve written about fashion, whales, art, TV production, Native rights, storms, mental illness, eligible bachelors, the Olympics and dangerous jobs (and I must say, writing is right up there).
In the past six years, I have been volunteering weekly with the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC, after a canola oil spill in Burrard Inlet brought the work of this remarkable organization to my attention. I have become a student of animal welfare, returning to UBC in 2003 to learn with world-renowned researcher David Fraser, and a passionate advocate for more thoughtful and compassionate interactions between humans and the other creatures who share this planet with us.
A mystery series lover at heart, I am thrilled to have this opportunity to write animal-centered adventure novels, and to share my love of animals with my readers!
Diane Haynes
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Whitecap Books Ltd., 351 Lynn Avenue, North Vancouver, BC, Canada, V7J 2C4
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