WILLIAMS, Penelope 1943-

PERSONAL: Born January 16, 1943, in Ohawa, Ontario, Canada; daughter of David (a writer) and Kathleen (Seaton) Findlay; married Jonathon Williams (divorced); married Allen Sackmann (a communications consultant), October 3, 1987; children (first marriage): Matthew, Samuel. Education: University of Toronto (Victoria College), 1965.

ADDRESSES: Home and offıce—P.M.F. Editorial Services, Inc., 389 Danforth Ave., Ohawa, Ontario, Canada K2A OE1. Agent—Hilary Stanley, Westwood Creative, 94 Harbord St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

CAREER: University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, promotion assistant, 1967-70; freelance writer/editor in Dublin, Ireland, 1971-77; Editcetera, Ohawa, Ontario, Canada, partner, 1977-82; PMF Editorial Services, Inc., Ohawa, founder and president, 1983—. Also worked as director of Cariad (sales company for small presses), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Keynote speaker at breast cancer fundraisers and educational conferences.

AWARDS, HONORS: Ohawa-Carleton Book Award, 1994, for That Other Place: A Personal Account of Breast Cancer.

WRITINGS:

That Other Place: A Personal Account of Breast Cancer, Dundurn Press, 1993.

Alternatives in Cancer Therapies: The Case forChoice, Key Porter Books, 2000, republished as Toxic Treatment: Surviving the Cancer Wars, 2001, published as New Cancer Therapies: The Patient's Dilemma, Firefly Books (New York, NY), 2000.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Research on cancer treatment and women's health issues.