Nancy O'Hare
What am I doing now? Well you’ll have to wait and see, but I can tell you what I have done.
I travelled to over 100 countries and lived in five. I used to work in finance but switched gears midlife to write, hike and most recently to study yoga.
I kicked off 2024 by completing a 200-hour yoga teacher training course in Rishikesh, India—the home of Yoga. In 2023, my husband and I undertook a high-altitude trek that we had been training for since pre-pandemic times. It covered over 2,100 kilometres, traversing across the entire country of Nepal and then part of India’s Himalaya. We crossed more than twenty-five passes above 5,000 metres. Before leaving, I published, The Man in the Barretina Hat, a suspense novel dedicated to my dad. My earlier books fall in the adventure travel genre with Searching for Unique and Dust in My Pack.
Prior to these more creative and physical pursuits, my professional career took me around the globe. Beyond my home country of Canada, I lived and worked abroad in Australia, Oman, Switzerland and Nigeria as well as a couple of temporary projects that took me to Qatar and Ecuador. I earned an Executive MBA with distinction at Bayes Business School in London, UK and held a Chartered Professional Accountant designation—of which I voluntarily terminated after nearly twenty years in the accounting profession when I turned to writing.
My language studies include French, Spanish, Arabic and Japanese, although sadly I have not mastered any of them. In order to change this dismal trend, I have added language practice to my daily regime.
My husband's photography exposes remarkable landscapes and intriguing cultures captured in my stories.
I travelled to over 100 countries and lived in five. I used to work in finance but switched gears midlife to write, hike and most recently to study yoga.
I kicked off 2024 by completing a 200-hour yoga teacher training course in Rishikesh, India—the home of Yoga. In 2023, my husband and I undertook a high-altitude trek that we had been training for since pre-pandemic times. It covered over 2,100 kilometres, traversing across the entire country of Nepal and then part of India’s Himalaya. We crossed more than twenty-five passes above 5,000 metres. Before leaving, I published, The Man in the Barretina Hat, a suspense novel dedicated to my dad. My earlier books fall in the adventure travel genre with Searching for Unique and Dust in My Pack.
Prior to these more creative and physical pursuits, my professional career took me around the globe. Beyond my home country of Canada, I lived and worked abroad in Australia, Oman, Switzerland and Nigeria as well as a couple of temporary projects that took me to Qatar and Ecuador. I earned an Executive MBA with distinction at Bayes Business School in London, UK and held a Chartered Professional Accountant designation—of which I voluntarily terminated after nearly twenty years in the accounting profession when I turned to writing.
My language studies include French, Spanish, Arabic and Japanese, although sadly I have not mastered any of them. In order to change this dismal trend, I have added language practice to my daily regime.
My husband's photography exposes remarkable landscapes and intriguing cultures captured in my stories.
Photo credit: Chad O’Hare
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