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Marie-Claude Arnott

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Female Friendship Memoir, Pancreatic Cancer Emotional Care, Literary Nonfiction

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Marie-Claude Arnott grew up in France near Geneva, Switzerland.
As a young teenager penning lyrical letters to her best friend’s father, in a long-term care facility, she was told she should be a writer. Instead, she studied foreign languages.
Later, attending university in the U.S. revived her passion for writing. After a B.A. in International Studies and a diploma for a two-year distance learning course with the London School of Journalism, she wrote for digital and print publications, including an award-winning digital travel magazine.
She is a member of the Federation of BC Writers, the North Shore Writers’ Association, and the International Women’s Writing Guild.
She lives in Vancouver, B.C.
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