Natalya Anderson is a writer and former ballet dancer.
She completed her Master’s Degree in Creative Writing at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, England.
Natalya has won several literary awards, including the Moth Poetry Prize for her poem, ‘A Gun in the House’,
and the Bridport Prize for her poem, ‘Clear Recent History’.
Natalya’s writing is published regularly in Canadian Family Offices, founded by the Financial Post.
She is based in Toronto with her very tall, Irish husband, Neil, and their also very tall son, Sam.
She continues to practice ballet daily, despite the fact that she’s an embarrassment to classical ballet at her age.

Photograph by Leann Weston, 2025.