Jillian’s love of social and cultural history shapes her creative work.

Jillian Grant Shoichet holds a PhD in ancient literacies and oral traditions from the University of Victoria and a master’s degree in publishing from Simon Fraser University. Her undergraduate degree, from the University of British Columbia, is in Middle Eastern archaeology and religious studies.

Jillian has been an academic editor for more than two decades, and a university lecturer in the fields of history, writing, editing, and publishing. By day, she is the senior policy analyst in the legislative drafting office of British Columbia.