Cecelia Frey studied at the University of Alberta and, after raising a family, returned to the University of Calgary where she completed an M.A. in English (Master's degree thesis was, The Prairie Aesthetic in the Poetry of Eli Mandel, is concerned with prairie space as female).She has taught poetry and creative writing at the University of Calgary, Mount Royal College, Calgary, the Calgary Board of Education and the Alexander Writing Centre. She has won awards for playwriting and for fiction and has worked as a freelance writer and editor. Her short stories and poetry have been published in dozens of literary journals and anthologies as well as being broadcast on CBC radio and performed on the Women’s Television Network. Her numerous reviews, essays and articles have appeared in a wide range of publications including newspapers such as The Calgary Herald and The Globe and Mail and journals as varied as Westworld and Canadian Literature.
Cecelia Frey studied at the University of Alberta and, after raising a family, returned to the University of Calgary where she completed an M.A. in English (Master's degree thesis was, The Prairie Aesthetic in the Poetry of Eli Mandel, is concerned with prairie space as female).She has taught poetry and creative writing at the University of Calgary, Mount Royal College, Calgary, the Calgary Board of Education and the Alexander Writing Centre. She has won awards for playwriting and for fiction and has worked as a freelance writer and editor. Her short stories and poetry have been published in dozens of literary journals and anthologies as well as being broadcast on CBC radio and performed on the Women’s Television Network. Her numerous reviews, essays and articles have appeared in a wide range of publications including newspapers such as The Calgary Herald and The Globe and Mail and journals as varied as Westworld and Canadian Literature.