Emmy took an untraditional route to the publishing industry. They hold a PhD in justice-oriented social work with a focus on critical animal studies from McMaster University, with additional peer-reviewed publications in public health and psychology. They even studied professional circus arts in a former life, but really fell in love with this industry while working as an indie bookseller at Another Story. Because of their background in social justice and the arts, they bring a deep appreciation and unique perspective to their work as an agent.<\/p>\n
Emmy is also a blogger at Books Beyond Binaries<\/i> and a member of the planning team for the Festival of Literary Diversity<\/i>. They are a queer, trans, non-binary colonizer originally from Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland), the ancestral homelands of the Beothuk and the Mi’kmaq, now based in Tkaronto (Toronto, Ontario), which is unceded territory of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and Mississaugas of the Credit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-915261","agent","type-agent","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n