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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.
My Interests
When I’m not working with words, 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.
For a bit of everything, find me on Instagram at @ErinAlladin.
@ 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.
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