Tara McGuire

Tara McGuire is a writer and broadcaster whose first book, Holden After & Before: Love Letter for a Son Lost to Overdose, is a hybrid work in memoir and fiction exploring grief, motherhood, and the overdose crisis. Published in 2022, it was a finalist for the City of Vancouver Book Award and one of The Walrus Best Books of 2022. Her essays have appeared in Chatelaine, The Globe and Mail, Geist, Room, Montecristo, The Tyee, and on CBC Radio. She has presented with and interviewed other writers at AWP 2023, The Vancouver Writers’ Festival, WORD Vancouver, the UBC School of Education, and the University of Washington’s creative writing program. Her essays have been shortlisted for several writing competitions and awards. McGuire works as a voice-over actor, keynote speaker, and freelance editor.