About

Gayleen Froese is a novelist and musician from western Canada. She has lived in Saskatoon, Toronto and Prince Albert, and now lives in Edmonton’s historic Alberta Avenue district. The 37-year old has worked as a radio writer and talk show host, an advertising creative director, and a communications officer.

Gayleen appeared on Canadian Learning Television’s A Total Write Off in 2006 and was the winner of the second series of BookTelevision’s 3 Day Novel Contest, which aired in late 2009. She was also shortlisted in the overall 2007 International Three-Day Novel Contest.

Gayleen’s non-fiction and humour writing has appeared in publications including See Magazine, The Rat Creek Press, and The Session.

Gayleen has released three albums and played showcases across Canada, including Toronto’s NXNE. Her first CD, Obituary, won an Undiscovered Artist Award from CBC Radio.

Touch, Gayleen’s first novel, was published by NeWest Press in Edmonton. The sequel, Grayling Cross, is slated for release in Spring 2011.