Lorene Shyba is publisher at Durvile & UpRoute Books, and director of its production arm, Pepper Ranch Studio. Lorene has worked professionally in book and magazine publishing for over three decades with expertise in writing and editing, print and web design, and audiobook production. Her doctoral degree is in interactive media and she has been on faculty in departments of creative arts, communications, and computer science at the University of Calgary, University of Lethbridge, Montana Tech, and McMaster University. The print, audio, and e-book series that she is currently overseeing include Durvile's True Cases series, and UpRoute's Spirit of Nature Indigenous series. She lives and works in the Rocky Mountain foothills near Millarville, Alberta.