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About Me

I’m Erin Alladin, and I wear multiple hats as an author, an editor, and a passionate outdoor educator.

I was born in Northern Ontario into a household where nature, literacy, and music reigned. After a BA in Honours English, I braved the metropolis of Toronto in order to pursue a post-graduate program in publishing, and ended up staying for nine years. I kept my country-girl heart happy by running a communal permaculture garden while my career progressed from publicity intern to associate editor at a literary children’s publisher, and while I began publishing my own picture books and early readers. Today I live up north again as a freelancer, in a garden-rich house outside of Parry Sound with my wife, a whole lot of books, and too few bookcases. When I’m not writing and editing, I co-host the gardening podcast Plants Always Win.

As of January 2025 I am represented by Léonicka Valcius at Transatlantic Literary Agency.

My Interests

In my downtime, you’ll find me down in the garden, out in the forest, or at home making crafts.

I understand that for most clients, it won’t be my professional credentials that spark a connection between us (though you can find those here). It will be a bandwidth we share, a point of reference we can both work from, or some specific niche knowledge I have that you need. To that end…

These are a few of my favourite things:

Authors
• Tamora Pierce
• L.M. Montgomery
• Jean Little
• Erin Bow
• Shannon Hale
• Gail Carson Levine
• Jonathan Stroud
• Charlotte Zolotow
• Becky Chambers
• Nnedi Okorafor
• Terry Pratchett
• Eden Robinson
• Robin Wall Kimmerer

Movies & Media
• Kiki’s Delivery Service
• Pride & Prejudice (1995 AND 2005)
• The Secret Garden (1993)
• Doctor Who
• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Steven Universe
• Critical Role
• Stardew Valley
• any big-cast Broadway spectacle
• The Joe Gardener Show Podcast
• Solarpunk Presents

Hobbies
• gardening
• quilting/ sewing
• crochet
• poetry
• basket-making (with mixed results)
• reading
• fine art (as a joyful amateur)

Rabbit Holes
• outdoor education
• permaculture/ solarpunk
• dress history
• the history of nursery rhymes
• traditional skills
• bushcraft
• etymology

Social Media

For writing and editing advice, follow @ErinAlladin on TikTok.

If you’d like to get to know more of my gardening/ permaculture/ sustainable living side, visit my blog, Earth Undaunted, or find @EarthUndaunted on TikTok.

@ ErinAlladin

@ EarthUndaunted

My Credentials

Looking for some official seals on my credibility?

  • BA in English (Honours)
    • Graduated with the J.W. Trusler Award for Proficiency
  • Post-graduate Book & Magazine Publishing Certificate
  • Member of Editors Canada
  • Member of the Writers’ Union of Canada
  • Member of Garden Communicators International

Even more importantly for the writer/editor’s craft, I’ve worked a year at a national magazine and eleven years at a publishing company, in roles that constantly changed and grew. I’ve read furiously in a wide range of genres and learned obsessively across a never-ending list of subjects. I’ve lived among and built relationships with people of all ages, in communities ranging from Northern-Ontario villages to the metropolis of Toronto. And I never stop thinking about communication: what makes it work, what makes it fail, and how getting it right makes our world a better place.