Cynthia Good
	Plenary Session: Storytelling 360°: Storytelling in a Digital Age

Cynthia Good, director of the Creative Book Publishing Program at Humber College, has been in the publishing industry for over thirty years. She was appointed the first editorial director of Penguin Books Canada in 1982 where she was responsible for establishing a publishing program which grew into one of the most successful in Canada. Under her leadership the roster included such writers as John Ralston Saul, Michael Ignatieff, Alice Munro, Mordecai Richler, Timothy Findley, Stuart McLean, Peter Robinson, Guy Gavriel Kay and many others. She was named President & Publisher of the company in 1997. After twenty years with Penguin, Ms. Good resigned in 2003. She became fiction-editor-at-large for Walrus Magazine, consulted for a variety of public and private organizations and taught writing and publishing at several universities and colleges until she founded The Creative Book Publishing Program at Humber College. That program is now in its eighth year. As well as teaching at Humber Ms. Good continues to consult to and about the publishing industry.

She was awarded an Honorary Degree by Mount Allison University in 2006. She was appointed Trent University Ashley Fellow for the 2007/2008 academic year, where she is now Adjunct Professor. In addition to several academic awards, Ms. Good has received the Arbor Award from the University of Toronto for outstanding volunteer service. She is currently a member of the Grant Review Team for Toronto for the Trillium Foundation.

She resides in Toronto, Ontario.

Cynthia Good will be a speaker at the 2012 Ontario Writers' Conference.