Lisa Gabriele is a Canadian novelist and journalist

Journalist

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. She is the senior producer of Dragons' Den

Dragons' Den (Canada)

Dragons' Den is a Canadian television reality show, based on the internationally franchised Dragons' Den format, in which aspiring entrepreneurs pitch business ideas to a panel of venture capitalists in the hopes of securing business financing. The show debuted on October 3, 2006 on CBC Television...

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Gabriele is the author of Tempting Faith DiNapoli and The Almost Archer Sisters. Her essays and fiction have appeared in several anthologies, including The Best American Nonrequired Reading, Sex and Sensibility, Don’t You Forget About Me, When I Was a Loser, and 2033: The Future of Misbehavior. She lives in Toronto

Toronto

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, where she graduated from Ryerson University

Ryerson University

Ryerson University is a public research university located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its urban campus is adjacent to Yonge-Dundas Square located at the busiest intersection in Downtown Toronto. The majority of its buildings are in the blocks northeast of the square in Toronto's Garden...

's school of journalism in 1992.

Her writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, Vice magazine, Salon

Salon.com

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, Glamour

Glamour (magazine)

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, among other publications, and she’s a regular contributor to Nerve. She has worked as a director or producer for CBC

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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, for programs such as Dragons' Den, The Week the Women Went, and The Current

The Current (radio program)

The Current is a Canadian current affairs radio program, hosted by investigative reporter Anna Maria Tremonti on CBC Radio One. It airs weekdays starting at 8:37 a.m. local time and runs until 10 a.m. for most of the year, although during the summer the program airs until 9:30 a.m...

. As well, she has produced or directed programs for the History Channel

The History Channel

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, the Life Network

Life Network

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 and Slice TV.