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Hi, I’m Diane Tucker, a Vancouver-based writer and editor with a lifelong love of poetry, fiction, and drama. I’ve spent decades shaping text—from editing anthologies to polishing manuscripts for individual authors. My work has appeared in more than eighty anthologies and journals, and I’ve published trade books and a full-length play. I enjoy collaborating with editors and publishers to help voices find their best form.…Hi, I’m Diane Tucker, a Vancouver-based writer and editor with a lifelong love of poetry, fiction, and drama. I’ve spent decades shaping text—from editing anthologies to polishing manuscripts for individual authors. My work has appeared in more than eighty anthologies and journals, and I’ve published trade books and a full-length play. I enjoy collaborating with editors and publishers to help voices find their best form.

Diane Tucker

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Hi, I’m Diane Tucker, a Vancouver-based writer and editor with a lifelong love of poetry, fiction, and drama. I’ve spent decades shaping text—from editing anthologies to polishing manuscripts for individual authors. My work has appeared in more than eighty anthologies and journals, and I’ve published trade books and a full-length play. I enjoy collaborating with editors and publishers to help voices find their best form.…Hi, I’m Diane Tucker, a Vancouver-based writer and editor with a lifelong love of poetry, fiction, and drama. I’ve spent decades shaping text—from editing anthologies to polishing manuscripts for individual authors. My work has appeared in more than eighty anthologies and journals, and I’ve published trade books and a full-length play. I enjoy collaborating with editors and publishers to help voices find their best form.

Available to hire

Hi, I’m Diane Tucker, a Vancouver-based writer and editor with a lifelong love of poetry, fiction, and drama. I’ve spent decades shaping text—from editing anthologies to polishing manuscripts for individual authors.

My work has appeared in more than eighty anthologies and journals, and I’ve published trade books and a full-length play. I enjoy collaborating with editors and publishers to help voices find their best form.

Skills

Copywriting

Script

Presentation Design

Experience Level

Copywriting

Expert

Script

Intermediate

Presentation Design

Beginner

Work Experience

Compiler and Editor at Woodlake Publishing

January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2017

Chose, compiled, and ordered the anthology Passion and Peace; wrote an introductory essay for the collection and brief introductions for each poem, and contributed author biographies.

Professional Writer at Self-employed

January 1, 1993 - Present

Professional writer of poetry, fiction, and drama; published trade books and a full-length play; numerous anthology and literary journal appearances; CV available on request.

Stylistic and Copy Editor at Wesbrook Bay Books

January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2016

Stylistic and copy editing for Apostle’s Apprentice by Wayne Gatley; The Crossmaker’s Guardian by Jack Taylor; Thad by Beverly Boissery.

Substantive and Stylistic Editor at Thistledown Press

January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2011

Substantive and stylistic editing for titles including Marty Chan works and other authors; involved in editing and project coordination for multiple titles.

Copy Editor at NeWest Press

January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2007

Edited West End Murders (Roy Innes); The Cardinal Divide (Stephen Legault); A Hummingbird Dance (Garry Ryan).

Copy Editor at Tradewind Books

January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2010

Edited Roxy by PJ Reece; Black Dog Dream Dog by Michelle Superle; Nutz! by Virginia Francis; editing and critiquing of manuscripts for individual authors.

Editor (Freelance) at Self-employed

January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019

Copyedit of doctoral thesis for Sibo Chen (SFU); substantive edits for David Horvath; Disciple by Wayne Gatley; short fiction by Derek Metz; Witch Lightning by James Lewis.

Committee Member / Organizer at Dead Poets Reading Series

January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2019

Member of organizing committee for Dead Poets Reading Series (deadpoetslive.ca).

Customer Experience Representative at Indigo

May 1, 2016 - April 1, 2021

Customer experience representative across multiple locations.

Reading, Writing, and English Conversation Teacher at Can Edu Vision/ Phonics Reading School

June 1, 2007 - January 1, 2009

Taught reading, writing, and English conversation to children and adult students.