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Merle Shain (1935–1989)
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author and journalist. Shain was born in
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, and graduated from the
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, with a BA (1957) and BSW (1959). As a journalist, Shain worked as a feature writer for the ''
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'', as an associate editor of the magazine ''
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'', and as a columnist for the ''
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''. Shain also worked as a television presenter, hosting the
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news program '' W5''. For four years, she was a member of the board of the
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.


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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1935 births 1989 deaths Canadian newspaper journalists CTV Television Network people Canadian television journalists Canadian women television journalists Journalists from Toronto Writers from Toronto 20th-century Canadian non-fiction writers 20th-century Canadian women writers {{Canada-writer-stub