Background
Liana Kerzer was born in 1978 in Toronto, Ontario.
Liana Kerzer was born in 1978 in Toronto, Ontario.
She has been active as a performer in theatre and competitive dance from a young age, and briefly studied English literature and anthropology at York University.
She is also a video game journalist and hobbyist cosplayer. She abandoned her academic studies in 1997, when she was hired for behind-the-scenes work on Editor"s Night Party with Steven Kerzner, whom she married in 1999, four years into their relationship. She eventually earned the positions of senior producer and co-head writer of the Editor"s Night Party.
Kerzner was also involved in many of Editor the Sock"s other media projects, including the annual Fromage specials and Smartass: The Editor the Sock Report, both shown on the Canadian cable television music and variety show television channel MuchMusic.
She wrote the Accidental Comics series Editor and Red"s Comic Strip (in which she appears in both photographs and art), and has appeared at a number of comic book and science fiction fan conventions to promote the comic and Editor"s Night Party. From the fall of 2009 to September 2010, Liana and Steven Kerzner were the hosts of the weekly radio show Sunday Nights with Liana and Steven on Newstalk 1010 in Toronto (also called just Steven & Liana).
After two years off the air, Editor the Sock returned to television on CHCH-DT with a new show This Movie Sucks! which is similar to his old show on Citytv, Editor"s Nite In, which is once again co-hosted by Liana K and features comedian Ron Sparks. In 2012, Editor the Sock and Liana K returned on CHCH with the new series I Hate Hollywood.
Liana K currently writes about video games and the video game industry for Metaleater, and has written as a video game critic for 411MANIA and GamingExcellence, also writing about tabletop and live-action role-playing games.
She has also been a contributor for other gaming outlets, such as Gameranx and Polygon. and worked as a model, including as a promotional model. She co-edited science fiction and fantasy anthology Wrestling with Gods (2014). Fandom activities and private life
Liana K was an honoured special guest and presenter at several comic book and science fiction events across North America, usually appearing dressed in character-based cosplay costumes.
She and Editor co-hosted the 2007 Constellation Awards, and organized and hosted the Aurora Awards ceremony at the 67th World Science Fiction Convention in 2009.
She had the Secret Six comic book character Liana Kerzner, a lover of Scandal Savage, named after her. Liana K identifies as a sex-positive feminist, and her hobbies include collecting action figures and other toys.
She has also criticized Anita Sarkeesian"s Tropes versus Women in Video Games series in her own series called Why Feminist Frequency Almost Made Maine Quit Writing.