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Jessica Strider
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I worked at the World's Biggest Bookstore in Toronto for 10 years, until it closed in 2014. During my time there I planned themed endcaps and did author interview displays. From September 2010 until December 2012 I contributed book reviews and New Author Spotlight posts to SF Signal. From August 2013 to May 2014 I did a Recommended Reading with Professionals column there once or twice a month. I've got a BA in Medieval History from the University of Toronto. I'm an avid photographer and crafter, and started making my own greeting cards a few years ago.
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Stranger Than Fiction

This is a series wherein I examine aspects of history that are stranger than fiction.  Some (or all) of which could make a fantasy world richer for their inclusion.

2014

Climate Change, The Third Horseman by William Rosen

The Medieval Cook by Bridged Ann Henisch

Bats

Platonic Solids

Germanic Tribes

The Black Death in the Middle East and Europe

2013

Dispelling Medieval Armour Myths

Africans in York

The Law Code of Hammurabi

Columbus and the Globe + Medievalizing the Modern World

Çatalhöyük (ancient Turkish city)

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