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From the archives / TIAC 2025
Meet the authors and publishing professionals who shared their experience at the 2025 Toronto Indie Author Conference.
2025
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10 profiles from TIAC 2025.
TIAC 2025Author & strengths coach
Becca Syme (MATL) is a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach and has been coaching success alignment for more than a decade. She is the author of the Quitbooks for Writers series and the popular Write Better-Faster…
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TIAC 2025Author
Day Leitao is a Brazilian romantasy author who loves magic, romance, and banter and has published more than ten novels and had four successful Kickstarter campaigns. She has an MA in English Lit and…
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TIAC 2025Author
Elayna R. Gallea is a whimsical weaver of words, creating tales of romantic fantasy. Nestled in the enchanting land of New Brunswick, Canada, she lives with her husband and two younglings. When she’s not…
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TIAC 2025Author, editor & publisher
JF Garrard is an award winning speculative fiction writer, editor and publisher. She is the President of Dark Helix Press, host of The Artsy Raven podcast, serves as President for the Canadian Authors Association’s…
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TIAC 2025Author & voice actor
J.M. Frey is an author, voice actor, and lapsed academic. Her debut novel TRIPTYCH was nominated for two Lambda Literary Awards, and garnered a place among the Best Books of 2011 from Publishers Weekly.…
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TIAC 2025Author & publishing professional
Mark Leslie Lefebvre is a writer with over three decades of experience in the publishing and bookselling industry. He is the former Director of Self Publishing and Author Relations for Rakuten Kobo, the former…
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TIAC 2025Author
Rachel Rener is a #1 Bestselling contemporary fantasy author who loves blurring the line between science and magic. When she’s not engrossed in writing or reading, Rachel enjoys art of all kinds, riding her…
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TIAC 2025Publishing professional
Rachel Wharton left her hometown at seventeen to follow her love of literature to Toronto, where she obtained a BA in English Literature and a Graduate Certificate in Publishing. Rachel spent some time working…
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TIAC 2025Author
Tao Wong is a Canadian author based in Toronto, with series in the LitRPG and xianxia science fiction and fantasy markets. He has over five different series spanning a wide range of worlds, with…
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TIAC 2025Director, Kobo Writing Life
Tara Cremin is the Director of Kobo Writing Life (KWL), Kobo’s independent publishing platform. With a decade of experience in indie publishing, she is dedicated to making KWL the most user-friendly self-publishing platform and…
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