About Merle Shain
Lived 1935 – 1989 (aged 53–54). Merle Shain was a Canadian journalist.
Merle Shain (1935–1989) was a Canadian author and journalist.
Shain was born in Toronto, and graduated from the University of Toronto, with a BA (1957) and BSW (1959).
As a journalist, Shain worked as a feature writer for the Toronto Telegram, as an associate editor of the magazine Chatelaine, and as a columnist for the Toronto Sun. Shain also worked as a television presenter, hosting the CTV news program W5. For four years, she was a member of the board of the National Film Board of Canada.
She lived and wrote in Toronto until her sudden death in March, 1989, at the age of 53.
Selected works Some Men Are More Perfect Than Others When Lovers Are Friends Hearts That We Broke Long Ago Courage My Love.
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Who was Merle Shain?
Canadian writer (1935–1989)
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Merle Shain was born in 1935 in Toronto.
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Merle Shain died in 1989.
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Merle Shain was a journalist.
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Merle Shain was Canadian.
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