Margaret Lynch is a storyteller who writes about the humanity of people, places, and plights.

Her work has been published in The Globe and Mail, National Post, Toronto Star, untethered magazine, the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) blog and elsewhere. Her writing has also been broadcast on CBC Radio The Sunday Edition and viewed on CBC Radio This Happened To Me.

She won the 2020 PRH Canada Nonfiction Book Proposal Prize for her memoir about how surviving an experimental bone marrow transplant transformed both her DNA and her life. That manuscript is out on submission and she’s currently at work on a research project about the history of bone marrow transplantation in Canada. She is represented by literary agent Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists.

She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from the University of King’s College in Halifax, NS and is a member of The Writers Union of Canada (TWUC), Canadian Authors Association (CAA), the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS), and Creative Nonfiction Collective Society (CNFC). From 2020-2023 she was board chair and president of CNFC, leading the organization through a pivot to online events during the pandemic.

Margaret began writing her memoir in 2015, following a successful career working with major brands in both private sector and non-profit organizations. She is an accomplished digital marketer with an active social media presence on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. As a grateful leukemia and transplant survivor, she fundraises, volunteers, and publicly supports the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada, and Canadian Blood Services. Based in Toronto, she is happiest when she’s on her bike.

She is grateful to Canada Council for the Arts and Toronto Arts Council for grants to support her writing.

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