Vancouver author, editor, and literary consultant Patricia Anderson earned a PhD from UBC, with specialities in history, popular culture, and publishing studies. While living in London, England, she was assistant editor of the Journal of Newspaper and Periodical History, and co-editor of a two-volume reference work on nineteenth- and twentieth-century British publishers. She has written books and articles for both academic and general readers on such topics as the mass media, popular culture, romance, and the history of sexuality.

Listed in Contemporary Authors, International Authors and Writers Who's Who, and Killam Scholars Who's Who, she has received praise from reviewers in the New York Review of Books, Publishers Weekly, A.L.A. Booklist, Library Journal, National Post, San Francisco Review, Times Literary Supplement, and special-interest journals. Her work has also been featured on CTV's Canada AM, CBC TV's Broadcast One Bookmark, BRAVO's Book TV, in the book and lifestyle sections of several newspapers, and on various American and Canadian radio shows.

She has taught the business and history of the book trade in the Writing and Publishing and Master of Publishing programs at Vancouver's Simon Fraser University. Additionally, for ten years, up until 2008, she offered her own unique workshop series, the 5 Secrets of Getting Published. For several years on the editorial board of the writers' magazine WordWorks, she now serves on the board of the international journal Media History.

Through her literary consulting business, Helping You Get Published, she prepares emerging book authors for self-publishing, finding conventional publishers, and gaining literary agent representation. Patricia's work and that of her client authors can be viewed on her website, http://www.helpingyougetpublished.com, or YouTube channel, http://www.youtube.com/user/literaryconsultant.