Rosemary Aubert is the author of sixteen books, among them the acclaimed Ellis Portal mystery series and her latest romantic thriller Terminal Grill.
Rosemary is a two-time winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for crime fiction, winning in both the novel and short-story categories. She appears in the recently-published popular short story collection Thirteen.
She is a member of the Crime Writers of Canada and the Mystery Writers of America. She conducts a much-in-demand writer’s retreat at Loyalist College in Belleville, Ontario each summer, as well as mentoring writing students who are studying at the School of Continuing Studies at the University of Toronto.
As a hobby, Rosemary studies math and science and has recently completed her second stint attending lectures at the International Summer School at Cambridge University in England. She intends to use some of this math knowledge in future works. Rosemary is an active member of the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto where she promotes Canadian writing and encourages other writers like herself.
How I Got Published
I have been writing and publishing since I was a teenager. The six Ellis Portal books have arisen from my love of my adopted city, Toronto, where I have now lived for almost 45 years.
I write about Ellis Portal, a man who was once a prominent member of the legal profession, in fact, a judge. He has, however, fallen on hard times and lived for a while in a shack he made out of cardboard in the wild valley of the Don River than runs through the city.As the years (and the novels about him) have gone on, he has been restored to his former legal life, although much altered by all he has been through. He is by no means a traditional sleuth but instead a man to whom fate is constantly handing problems that only he can solve, and the problems always involve murder or the suspicion of murder.
I was assisted in the publication of this book by the wonderful Donna Carrick of Carrick Publishing. It is an independent project. I have been published internationally by larger traditional publishers in the past, but this time I decided to go indie, and I haven’t looked back.
Carol Balawyder 
Great feature Carol… Thanks for sharing! All the best to you!, Aquileana 😀
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Thank you, Aquilena. 🙂
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It’s so useful to learn how other authors get published and find success. Thanks, Carol.
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🙂
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Interesting to hear someone traditionally published who opted to go indie. It’s definitely a new world out there for publishing. The Ellis Portal series sounds wonderful.
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It is. Ellis Portal is a very lovable man. I’m currently reading Don’t Forget You Love Me and am really enjoying it.
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That she shifted from trad to indie was encouraging.
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This looks very interesting.
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It is. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by, Anneli.
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I love how your blog introduces people to new authors and new books, I will have to read some of her books, she sounds like a very interesting writer 🙂 xx
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Thank you, Jasmine for commenting. 🙂 Not only is Aubert a good story teller but also – because of her poetry background – has a graceful style of writing.
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Interesting how hobbies come in handy when the time comes. Great post of a great writer Carol, thanks!
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Thanks, Maria! 🙂
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Good morning, Carol. I always find your posts very interesting, and enjoy reading about the journey that different writers/artists take to achieve their goals.
Have a lovely weekend. Janet:)
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Thank you for your lovely words, Janet. I wish I could put in words what you have the talent to put on a canvas. 🙂
Have a lovely weekend, as well.
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Superb “snapshot” of Rosemary Aubert!
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Rosemary, we share an anthology in World Enough and Crime, and so a Carrick connection. I will definitely add your series to my reading list. I believe we also have a friend in common, Barry Dempster.
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Nice to learn about the Ellis Portal series here, Carol. I admire her for having 16 books published! Wow!
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Loving your interviews here Carol. So fascinating to learn about fellow Canadian authors and their beginnings and achievements. It really is inspiring! Rosemary is quite a go getter and I loved that she decided to go Indie and didn’t look back! 🙂
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