Speaker Profile

Kara Kuryllowicz

Professional Writer

"Writing to Sell"
Tuesday 9 March 2004

Kara Kuryllowicz shares what she’s learned from assorted clients and editors over more than two decades as a corporate and magazine writer. Kara has tackled such wildly disparate topics as scuba diving with sharks, ice machines, beer ,and industrial coatings, both online and in print.

Kara Kuryllowicz is BizWrite. Independently employed for the past 16 years, she has provided content and copy for clients such as Labatt Breweries of Canada, Cadillac Fairview, Maclean’s and a host of small to medium-size corporations. She writes for a range of consumer (Profit, SOHO, Toronto Star) and business press.

Kara is a graduate of Ryerson Polytechnic University’s School of Journalism. She worked full-time for Maclean Hunter, Southam Communications and Imperial Life of Canada before striking out on her own.

She’s a member of the Editors Association of Canada, the Periodical Writers Association of Canada, Digital Eve and of course, IABC.

She’s also the author of tourist guides on Ottawa and Chicago and a coffee-table book on the Canadian Rockies.