Claudia Cornwall is a freelance writer, the author of six books.  She has also been published in many Canadian magazines and newspapers including The Globe & Mail, Reader's Digest, (the Canadian, the international and the Mainland China editions), BC Business, as well as the on-line magazine, Tyee. Claudia is a creative non-fiction writing mentor in Simon Fraser University's Writer's Studio. She lives in North Vancouver with her husband and cat.