Bio

emmy (they/them) holds a PhD in justice-oriented social work with a focus on critical animal studies from McMaster University, with 11 peer-reviewed publications in public health and psychology. In 2019, they made a lateral career move into trade publishing after four years as a bookseller at a local independent bookstore.

They are a literary agent at Westwood Creative Artists, a faculty member for the Manuscript Academy, and an advisor for the Festival of Literary Diversity and Sheridan College’s Creative Writing and Publishing programs. In their agenting and critique work, they use a hands-on, conscious editing approach. emmy is also a literary fiction writer who aspires to one day be as accomplished as their clients. Their short story, 4 AM, is forthcoming in The New Quarterly.

emmy is a queer, trans, non-binary colonizer who grew up in Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland), the ancestral homelands of the Beothuk and the Mi’kmaq. They live near Toronto, Ontario, on the traditional Lands of the Attawandaron, Anishnaabe, and Haudenosaunee peoples, today the Six Nations and Mississauga of the Credit. The Land is part of the Dish with One Spoon Wampum and Crown Grant to the Six Nations, Haldimand Tract. emmy is autistic, has psychiatric disabilities, and a hormone-related chronic illness.

emmy lives with their partner, a Deaf Dalmatian named Pavot, two formerly feral Maine coon cats, Whisper and Willow, and their collection of plants. They attend a progressive Mennonite conference church, and otherwise keep busy with vegan cooking, textile crafts, video games, their sticker collection, TTRPGs, way too much reality TV, and… obviously, reading. They probably follow your pets on Instagram.