Diane Taylor is the author of the memoir "The Perfect Galley Book: Yarns, Recipes and Tips from the Heart of the Ship" and has published non-fiction stories in "Canadian Yachting, "Cruising World, "The Journal of Palliative Care", "Ontario Out of Doors", and other magazines and newspapers. She has recorded oral histories, and ghostwritten memoirs for elders. For more than fifteen years she has been giving a course in memoir writing, encouraging others to write their own stories.