Maryanna Gabriel is the author of Walking The Camino: On Earth As It Is, and Memento: A Coastal Recipe Treasure. She has a Master in Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction, from the University of King’s College through Dalhousie University, and is a graduate of Simon Fraser University’s, The Writer’s Studio, where she worked as a teaching assistant. She is also a graduate of the University of Toronto with a Certificate in Creative Writing. An artist, she holds a Certificate In Fine Art Techniques from Emily Carr University of Art & Design and lives in the Kootenays of British Columbia.