One Day We Met the Lions

Janet Mackenzie was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1947. She received a bachelor's degree in English language from the University of Melbourne. She edited her first book for Melbourne University Publishing in 1969. She worked for several university publishing houses in Australia and their English offshoots before becoming a freelancer. She was a founding member and inaugural president of the Society of Editors Victoria. She also helped to develop the national accreditation scheme for the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd). She received several awards including the Barbara Ramsden Award in 1972, the Distinguished Editor award IPEd in 2008, and the George Robertson Award in 2010. Her book, The Editor's Companion, was published in 2004. She died from cancer in 2019 at the age of 71.

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