Susan Fawcett
Susan Fawcett is the author of two market-leading college composition textbooks: Evergreen: A Guide to Writing (11th Edition) and Grassroots: The Writer's Workbook (12th Edition). Both texts have won the peer-juried McGuffey Award for sustained excellence, presented by the Text & Academic Authors Association. With degrees in English literature from Ohio University and Columbia University, New York, Ms. Fawcett’s honors include a Fulbright Fellowship to Birkbeck College, University of London, and a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. She found her calling as a professor of English and Director of the Writing Lab at Bronx Community College, City University of New York, where, dismayed that existing textbooks didn’t help her students learn, she began creating her own worksheets that soon became Grassroots. Ms. Fawcett gave up her tenure to write fulltime--textbooks, poetry, and articles on education and health. She has led faculty workshops throughout the United States and in South Africa.
Mary Tang
Mary Tang has taught English in Hong Kong and Toronto. She was a full-time professor at Centennial College where she taught English courses from developmental level to post-secondary level for both native and non-native speakers of English. Prior to her retirement from her faculty position, she was the acting chair of the English Department. She learned English as a second language as she was growing up in Hong Kong. She has always found the journey to acquire proficiency in a language fascinating and fulfilling. One of her career goals is to provide a comprehensive reading and writing guide for students to help them flourish in their studies and careers. She feels privileged to have the opportunity to share her language learning and teaching experience through co-writing the Canadian edition of Grassroots with Readings.
Kerry Bigelow
Kerry Bigelow was a full-time faculty member at Centennial College in Toronto where she taught a wide range of skills, levels, and courses for both native and non-native speakers of English: literature, Canadian studies, reading, writing, grammar, and speaking skills. Throughout her career, Kerry was particularly passionate about meeting the diverse needs of students. She contributed to the development of an ESL stream, course curricula, assessments, and learning materials. Since retiring from college, she has enjoyed applying her experience to co-write the Canadian edition of Grassroots with Readings.
