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Subject:Re: Famous tech. communicators in literature From:"naomi (n.) bulka" <nbulka -at- BNR -dot- CA> Date:Fri, 27 Jan 1995 09:53:00 -0500
Amy Tan, author of the Joy Luck Club, was a technical writer at Northern
Telecom. As I recall the story, she was working long hours and decided
to take a creative writing course as a diversion. The rest is history!
Naomi
Northern Telecom
Nepean, Ontario
nbulka -at- bnr -dot- ca
