Lost and Found in Missing Lake

Tanya Fyfe has been creating fictional characters and stories since she was in elementary school. Dr.Fyfe's background is colorful and varied. She was born and raised in British Columbia, Canada, but has also lived in Tokyo and now the United States. Dr.Fyfe attended high school in small town Grand Forks as well as Vancouver, BC, where she was enrolled in a sports-school for elite athletes. There, she trained with Dr.Hellmut May at the Kerresdale Figure Skating Club and completed her Gold Figure, Freeskate and Dances. She received her academic arts diploma from Fraser Valley College while pursuing theatre, performing with the Vancouver TheatreSports league's Rookie Nights. She also co-founded the Robin Goodfellow Players, which was an improv comedy troupe. Joining the ice shows took her to Japan, where she returned to teach English in 1992. The improv training helped significantly as she told potential employers she was 25 years old and had a teaching degree from the "University of Vancouver". (Note: she was 19 and there is no such institution). After one more ice show in 1994, Tanya decided to stick with coaching and moved back to Canada. Dr.Fyfe met her husband, Dr.Alistair Fyfe, an MD, in 1994 when she was the guest skater in a community show he attended with friends. They moved to North Dakota and she was able to finish her science education at Bismarck's University of Mary. She received her DVM degree from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon in 2005. In veterinary school, Dr.Fyfe published a regular newsletter with 3 classmates she convinced should contribute. The Times of Our Lives was well received by classmates and professors alike and helped keep the young veterinarians grounded. Together the doctors Fyfe have raised his 2 children along with American Paint Horses in North Dakota. Having both been raised in BC, the Fyfes missed their mountains and eventually made their way to Montana where Dr.Tanya Fyfe resides full time. There, she is surrounded by several animal companions who serve as highly entertaining muses. The 5 dogs, 8 cats, 3 ferrets, 2 guinea pigs and several horses often serve as the main focus of her blog, (tanyafyfe.wordpress.com). Dr.Fyfe enjoys writing and spending time outside with her husband. Together they golf, canoe, hike, ride horses, ski, plan holidays to Hawaii and enjoy the beautiful surroundings of their home in Montana.