Alison is a retired teacher whose passion has been working with young children. She worked in a number of schools across Toronto – taught courses for the Ministry of Education – and, in the final eight years of her teaching career, she was principal of the Junior Division of one of Toronto’s private schools for girls.
Several years ago, she moved from Toronto to London so that she could research her family of Elgin County. Alison’s great-great-grandfather was one of the first pioneer families of the early Talbot settlement. She wrote and published “The Pearces of ‘Little Ireland’, Tyrconnell 1809- 2009”.
A little over two years ago she took her first course in Creative Writing at Western University. In her new-found hobby, she enjoys writing fictional and non-fictional character studies of people.
Alison also belong to a book club and plays (a little) bridge with a retired group of teachers.