About Melanie
Melanie
Florence is an Aboriginal writer based in Toronto. She has seen her byline on everything from online dating
advice for men to a piece about not so perfect parenting, from an interview
with Meg Cabot to a review of an award-winning Aboriginal dance
performance. Her first YA
book, Jordin Tootoo: The highs and lows in the journey of the first
Inuit to play in the NHL was published by James Lorimer &
Company Ltd. Her second book, Canada
Apologizes: Native Residential Schools is being published by Formac
Publishing Company Ltd. and is set to be released in 2011. Melanie is Mom to Josh (7) and Taylor
(5) who remain unimpressed with her career because she’s not Robert Munsch.
Selected
Published Magazine Articles:
* Meg Cabot : 15 Million Copies and Counting
The Writer Magazine
April 2010
* The Threshing Floor review
Dance International
Fall 2008
* Canadian Aboriginal Festival: The Beat Goes On
AMOI Magazine Fall 2009
* Indigenous
Dancelands review
The Dance Current
Summer 2008
* Dr. Darryl Tonemah interview
AMOI Magazine
Spring 2009
* Have a Suburb
of a Summer
City Parents Summer Fun Guide
Summer 2008
* Jennifer Podemski interview
AMOI Magazine
Spring 2009
* Online Dating
Tips for Men
UMM – Urban Male Magazine
Summer 2008
* Notah Begay III interview
AMOI Magazine Winter 2008
* Not So Perfect Parenting
Parents Canada
Summer 2008
Member of:
The Writer’s Union of Canada
Canadian Association of Journalists
CANSCAIP – Canadian Society of Children's Authors,
Illustrators and Performers
Canadian Children’s Book Centre
