Betty Carol Keller
Betty Keller, born in Vancouver, BC, has lived on the West Coast, in the Okanagan and the Kootenays. For many years she taught high school English and drama (1963-1975), then served as a faculty associate at Simon Fraser University (1975-76, 1978-79), and taught creative writing as a sessional lecturer at the University of British Columbia (1981, 1982, 1985). She gained an international perspective by serving as a teacher of English in Nigeria (1977-78). Since moving to the Sunshine Coast in 1980, Betty has taken a keen interest in all things pertaining to the written arts—authoring or co-authoring seventeen books ranging from biographies and histories to plays and novels as well as substantive editing more than a hundred books and mentoring a growing list of writers. She was in the forefront of the establishment of the renowned Festival of the Written Arts (which she produced from 1983 to 1994) and the Sunshine Coast Writers-in-Residence Program.
Betty has won numerous awards for her participation in the province’s literary scene.
Betty Carol Keller
Betty Keller, born in Vancouver, BC, has lived on the West Coast, in the Okanagan and the Kootenays. For many years she taught high school English and drama (1963-1975), then served as a faculty associate at Simon Fraser University (1975-76, 1978-79), and taught creative writing as a sessional lecturer at the University of British Columbia (1981, 1982, 1985). She gained an international perspective by serving as a teacher of English in Nigeria (1977-78). Since moving to the Sunshine Coast in 1980, Betty has taken a keen interest in all things pertaining to the written arts—authoring or co-authoring seventeen books ranging from biographies and histories to plays and novels as well as substantive editing more than a hundred books and mentoring a growing list of writers. She was in the forefront of the establishment of the renowned Festival of the Written Arts (which she produced from 1983 to 1994) and the Sunshine Coast Writers-in-Residence Program.
Betty has won numerous awards for her participation in the province’s literary scene.