Laurie MacFayden spent 30 years as a sports journalist, most recently at the Edmonton Journal. She left the news media in June 2007 to focus on her own independent writing and visual arts projects. White Shirt is her debut collection of poetry. A painter, poet, photographer and avid traveler, Laurie is a frequent performer on the Raving Poets’ open-mic stage in Edmonton. She is a member of the Writers Guild of Alberta, Edmonton’s Stroll of Poets and the Visual Arts Alberta Association. She grew up in southern Ontario and has lived in Edmonton since 1984.

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