GillianCorsiatto

Gillian Corsiatto hails from central Alberta, Canada, right between its two most major cities, Calgary and Edmonton. Her love of writing began in early life and she was praised for her creative writing talents throughout primary and secondary school. After her high school graduation in 2016, she immediately entered the now non-existent music program at Red Deer College. Following that, she left her music major and tried out some new courses and programs, but was always lead right back to writing. Duck Light was a passion project sparked by her creation of the character Lulu the Duck. Published in 2021, Duck Light is her first major published work. As of 2023, a sequel is in the works. Aside from the literary arts, Gillian has a love of all things music and theatre. She is very involved in the local performing arts scene and vows to make it to Broadway someday to take in a spectacle like no other.

Duck Light
Published by FriesenPress in September 2021
10 chapter adult novella

The Backpack Cat
Published in Chicken Soup for the Soul; Lessons Learned from My Cat

What is Schizophrenia?
Featured in University of Lethbridge’s magazine The Meliorist
Short descriptions of living with schizophrenia from a personal perspective

Presidents Award 2014, Directors Award 2015, Musicianship Award 2016, David Keller Memorial Award 2019, Age-Out Award 2019 – RED DEER ROYALS MARCHING SHOWBAND
Mayor's Recognition Award – 2017, 2021
Rutherford Scholarship – 2015

WORK EXPERIENCE
Red Deer Public Library — page
October 2015 – August 2019
Organized and tidied shelves
Shelved materials that had been returned
Found and retrieved holds for member services

Red Deer Public Library — library assistant I
August 2019 – May 2020
All above points for page remained consistent for this title
Answered questions from the public
Checked materials in and out

Schizophrenia Society of Alberta — community education presenter
December 2019 – PRESENT
Speak publicly on schizophrenia
Go out into the community as well as utilize facetiming technology (Zoom, Google Meets, Blackboard, etc)
Answer any questions from viewers of the presentations
Students with Psychosis

March 2022 – PRESENT
Document meeting minutes for internship team
Participated in a panel discussion at ISPS conference in Sacramento, California
Served as executive assistant and helped maintain the spreadsheet of information on new applicants
Followed up with new applicants via e-mail

Red Deer Royals
May 2022 – PRESENT
Social media and recruitment
Public speak and present slideshow
Take pictures and manage social media accounts

EDUCATION
Hunting Hills High School — diploma
September 2012 – June 2016, Red Deer, AB

Red Deer College
MUSIC PROGRAM September 2016 – March 2017, Red Deer, AB
Classes:
ENGL 219
MUSI 247/MUSI 248
MUSIC 259/MUSI 260
MUSI 201/ MUSI 202
MUSP 145/ MUSI 245
MUSI 302

OPEN STUDIES September 2018 – January 2019, Red Deer, AB
Classes:
ENGL 220
DRAM 249

Alberta Business and Educational Studies (ABES)
ZOO AND AQUARIUM TECHNOLOGY October 2017 – January 2018, Remote Online Learning

Schizophrenia Society of Alberta

Students With Psychosis

Red Deer Royals

Typecast Anonymous Productions

Alberta Playwrights' Network

Bull Skit Comedy

• Comedy / Humour
• Creative Nonfiction
• Flash Fiction
• General Fiction
• General Nonfiction
• Playwriting
• Short Stories

• Freelance Writing
• Readings - Adult
• Readings - Youth
• Website / Blog Writing

[email protected]

1-403-877-7794