Deirdre Kelly

Deirdre Kelly holds an M.A. in English from the University of Toronto. She was the award-winning dance critic for the Globe and Mail before becoming a fashion columnist in 2000, reporting from Paris and Milan. Now a features writer, she has written for Marie Claire, Vogue, and Elle. Kelly presents her first book, Paris Times Eight: Finding Myself in the City of Dreams, a poignant and often amusing reminiscence of growing to womanhood through her eight visits to Paris.