Story written by Katie May, Assistant Editor, for the Dalhousie Gazette, March 22 2007
Zoë Caron had no idea a leisurely study session at the library would lead to an exclusive book deal and author partnership with Green Party leader Elizabeth May.
The fourth-year Dalhousie environmental science and international development student was casually researching books about climate change in January 2006 and wondered if there was one “For Dummies.”
Discovering no such book existed, Caron began calling and e-mailing the company that owns the “For Dummies” logo, Wiley Publishing, Inc.
And when the publisher’s plans to have David Suzuki pen the guide fell through, Caron, the Atlantic coordinator for the Sierra Youth Coalition of Canada, volunteered to write it.
Several months later, the company offered her a full contract. Continue reading ‘‘A FORCE OF NATURE’ - Student to co-author book with Elizabeth May’
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