About

Hilary Fair (she/her) is a writer, psychotherapist, and creative writing instructor in Ontario, Canada.

Her recent essays and short stories are published in The New Quarterly, Event Magazine, Prairie Fire, and The Good Life Review, among others.

Her essay “Predator, Prey” was the winner of the 2025 Event Magazine Non-Fiction prize.

Her essays have been short-listed and Honourably Mentioned for various prizes including the Edna Staebler Personal Essay Award and The Humber Literary Review/CNFC contest. In 2021, she won the inaugural Amy Award for memoir.

Hilary’s work is forthcoming in The Good Life Review "Best Of" anthology and she writes the newsletter Highly Sensitive on Substack. She is at work on a book-length project and appreciates the support of the Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Ontario for this endeavour in 2026.

Her past lives include: English academic (M.A. in English Literature, 2007-2009); Publishing Assistant (The Walrus Magazine, 2010-2011); studio Potter (2013-2017); and teacher in the Sarah Selecky Writing School (2018-2021).

She looks forward to her future as a poet and a novelist.

In the meantime, she enjoys living near the shores of Lake Huron with her high energy husband and her high energy dog—both of whom prevent bouts of writerly isolation (and sitting) from lasting too long.