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My Story Thus Far
My name is Elianna Lev, but I prefer if you’d call me Elly.
I was born and raised in Toronto. In my 18 years there, I managed to develop a superior, big-city attitude, which didn’t come in handy when I decided to settle in Victoria, a sleepy town with a large population of old people and Gore-Tex enthusiasts.
But no matter. I had moved there with a purpose of obtaining a degree in professional and creative writing from the University of Victoria. Though it took some adjustment, I eventually warmed up to the Pacific Northwest and its sloth-paced way of life. After graduating, I spent one year working as a reporter for a chain of community papers. The highlight of that experience was having the opportunity to interview such seminal artists as Kid Rock and Alan Thicke at a fancy golf tournament.
After five years in Victoria, I sorely missed the amenities of a big city (namely everything) and moved to Vancouver to go back to school. At that point I had spent enough time in British Columbia to be endeared by its stupendous outdoors but was still a haughty city girl at heart. I soon discovered that Vancouver was the perfect place for me.
A day after finishing a broadcasting diploma, I got a job as a reporter/editor with the Vancouver bureau of the Canadian Press. I spent three years working alongside some of Canada’s most talented journalists, interviewing fascinating people, including, but not limited to, soccer star/fragrance model David Beckham and several Canadian prime ministers. My time there basically taught me everything I now know about the craft of journalism.
These days, I write for a living. I’m particularly good at adapting a voice and have written for demographics young and old. Some places that have used my work include the Globe and Mail, Dazed and Confused, Vice, Gourmet, Strut, and CBC Radio 3, where I was a frequent contributor. I also write just about any kind of content and do media consulting. Click here for more information about my writing services.
As for the future, I intend to continue telling stories in some form or another, because I’m pretty good at it. I write a weekly column called “I’m a Good Story” and produce a podcast called the People’s Program Project, which is devoted to telling all kinds of stories. I also co-organize an ongoing storytelling series called Rain City Chronicles. Oh, and I’m fiddling around on a graphic novel based on fictionalized accounts of my love life and a book about the bewildering time known as Saturn Returns.
