ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ruth (Beairsto) Edgett has been writing ever since she learned how to hold a pencil and make a complete sentence.
Her penchant for making up stories while in grade school eventually became a compulsion for churning out news stories as a
reporter for the Guardian and Evening Patriot in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada’s smallest province. Later,
she reported and edited for The Evening Telegram in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
Later, Ruth took her journalist’s talent for putting big ideas in small words to the federal government. At Environment
Canada, she became resident writer on just about anything to do with hydraulics and hydrology (water levels) of the Great Lakes.
This experience evolved into writing on Great Lakes environmental issues as an independent communications consultant.
Now Ruth writes for her own pleasure, and—she hopes—yours.
Ruth has a certificate in Print Journalism from Holland College, Charlottetown, PEI; a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from
the University of Prince Edward Island; and, a Master of Science in Communications Management from the S.I. Newhouse School
of Communications at Syracuse University, New York.
Ruth’s philosophy of writing is simple: “Readers should be half way through the story before they even realize they’re reading it.”
Naturally enough, she is also an avid reader. When she’s not writing or reading, Ruth might be found hiking, cycling or horseback
riding on the beautiful conservation trails near her home in Ancaster, Ontario.