Betty C. Keller was born in Vancouver, B.C. in 1930. She studied at UBC, earning a degree in English and Drama. She also holds a Teaching Certificate. She taught English and Drama in secondary schools from 1962 to 1975. She was a faculty associate at SFU 1975-76 and 1978-79. She was a sessional lecturer in the UBC Creative Writing Department 1981-82 and 1985. She was a teacher of English in a Women's Teachers College in Nigeria in 1977-78. She was the founder and producer of Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts 1983-1994. Presently she is  a freelance editor for various publishers and a mentor to 17 writers.