Penelope Williams was born in 1943 and grew up in Carleton Place, Ontario, in the midst of a big family, the Findlays, which at one point took up almost a whole street. She studied at the University of Toronto, lived in Ireland for seven years and has always been involved in writing and editing, since 1982 with her own firm, PMF Editorial Services Inc., in Ottawa. Penny has two sons, Matt (22) and Sam (18). She lives in ottawa with her husabnd, Allen Sackmann, and again enjoys another widely extended family which includes four step-grandchildren to date.
