Bio

Hello! My name is Dr. Heidi Tiedemann Darroch. I teach academic, professional, and creative writing and–more occasionally–literature courses at Camosun College in Victoria, BC. You can reach me at darrochh@camosun.ca.

I have taught at UBC, UVic, and the University of Toronto, as well as Toronto Metropolitan University (when it was still known as Ryerson Polytechnic U.). My teaching interests include Canadian literature and Canadian Studies, women’s writing, eco-poetry, crime fiction, feminist horror and the gothic, and writing studies/composition.

I recently revised TRU’s Modern Canadian Fiction course, which is taught in an online and asynchronous format. My course development experience includes work in Gender Studies, Canadian Studies, Literature, and Academic and Professional Writing.

My PhD in English is from U of T, and so is my recent Program Certificate in Creative Writing.

This website is the public-facing part of my book project, a creative nonfiction/literary critical hybrid monograph on women and crime fiction.

Exciting things are coming in 2026! I’ve just started a podcast that will involve interviews with Canadian crime writers, and I’m looking forward to Bouchercon in October in Calgary.