Sarah Sheard (born February 13, 1953, in

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) is a Canadian

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. Sheard published her first novel, ''Almost Japanese'', in 1985. Her latest novel, her first political fiction, came out in fall, 2012. She has been a creative writing instructor at

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was a member of the editorial board of

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for 13 years and has been a writing mentor with the Humber School for Writers at

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since 1995. Her short videos about her novel, ''Krank: Love in the New Dark Times'', are viewable on VIMEO. She also rides (Western reining) competitively and several of her reining videos are viewable on VIMEO. She is in private practice as a

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with an MA in Counselling Psych, certification as a Gestalt Therapist and certified as a

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. She specializes in couple and family counselling. She is the sister of pop singer

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and pianist John Sheard, and the great-great-granddaughter of

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, a former

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Books

* ''Almost Japanese'' (1985 * ''The Swing Era'' (1993) * ''The Hypnotist'' (1999) * ''Krank: Love in the New Dark Times'' (2012)

External links

Sarah SheardKrank the Book by SheardSarah Sheard archives
at the

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1953 births Living people Canadian women novelists Novelists from Toronto Canadian psychotherapists 20th-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian women writers 20th-century Canadian women writers Academic staff of Glendon College {{Canada-writer-stub