Gillian A Corsiatto

Gillian Corsiatto is a lifelong hobbyist writer, frequently recognized for her creative writing abilities, beginning at a young age. Her first job involved books and the written word, as she worked as a library assistant and page in her local library. In order to expand her writing skills and knowledge of literature, Gillian has taken post-secondary English classes, learning from accomplished professors. Outside of writing, music has been an important and constant aspect of her life, including...See more

Gillian Corsiatto is a lifelong hobbyist writer, frequently recognized for her creative writing abilities, beginning at a young age. Her first job involved books and the written word, as she worked as a library assistant and page in her local library. In order to expand her writing skills and knowledge of literature, Gillian has taken post-secondary English classes, learning from accomplished professors. Outside of writing, music has been an important and constant aspect of her life, including taking piano lessons in early childhood, playing in college-level ensembles, travelling the world with a marching band, and playing solos for an online theatre production company. Duck Light began with a friend of the author, who had a hobby of creating animals with human behaviours and characteristics. Her drawings would include imaginings like dogs standing on two legs and wearing clothing. At the time, Gillian found these creatures really weird, but almost in a near endearing way. Being no artist, but wanting to be supportive while trying something new, Gillian created a character of her own and called her Lulu. Because drawing is not the author's forte, she took Lulu the duck and turned her into words on a page. Gillian soon discovered it was actually kind of fun to play around with animal characters in this way. Duck Light is the result. Gillian lives in Red Deer, Alberta with her beloved feline roommate, Aurora. See less