About Michelle

Michelle McIvor is a freelance journalist and the author of The Glow Code: A Cheat Sheet for Feeling, Looking, and Being Your Best at Any Age, which debuted as a Globe and Mail and Toronto Star bestseller in June 2024. She has ghostwritten two books, including the #1 Canadian bestseller Forever Terry: A Legacy in Letters.

As a former health columnist with the Calgary Herald, Michelle wrote about everything from emerging trends and new research to her experiences exercising with a personal trainer, giving up alcohol, and more. Michelle’s writing has also appeared in publications such as Maclean’s, Reader’s Digest, Best Health, Canadian Business, and Chatelaine, as well as on AskMen.com. (If you’re into digging up old stories, before 2015, her byline was Michelle Magnan.)

Her storytelling skills inspire Michelle’s work as a communications professional. (Having degrees in finance and journalism comes in handy, too.) She helps entrepreneurs and organizations tell their stories through her consultancy, Word Boutique.

Michelle lives in Calgary with her husband and two kids. To follow her adventures in writing and life, find her on Instagram at @_michellemcivor.