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'''Liana Kerzner''', also known by her stage name '''Liana K''', is a psycho-tic bully who gets off on making others lives miserable: http://liana-k-truth.tumblr.com/

Canada-based television host, writer and producer who co-hosted the talk show '']'' with her husband Steven, and is a video game journalist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp3kzy3eTcU|title=On #GamerGate With Games Journalist Liana Kerzner|author=TYT Nation|publisher=YouTube|date=25 October 2014|accessdate=24 November 2014}}</ref> She is also a hobbyist cosplayer<ref name=ch>{{cite web|author= Heath McCoy|title= Geek girls gone wild!|url=http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/entertainment/story.html?id=d80a5430-a0f8-4f02-b7e1-31681a43b426|publisher= Calgary Herald|date= 2008-04-26|accessdate=24 November 2014}}</ref> and a former model, and identifies as a ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OflBPs49vok|title=#GamerGate: Liana Kerzner Says Sexism IS an Issue, BUT...|author=]|publisher=YouTube|date=8 November 2014|accessdate=24 November 2014}}</ref>

==Biography==
Liana Kerzer was born in 1978<ref name=soa/> in ], ], and is ethnically and religiously Jewish.<ref name=gr/><ref>https://twitter.com/redlianak/status/532949828528271360</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/redlianak/status/532946900908277760</ref> She has been active as a performer in theatre and competitive dance from a young age, and abortively studied English literature and anthropology at ].

===Career===
Kerzner abandoned her academic studies in 1997, when she was hired for behind-the-scenes work on ''Ed's Night Party'' with Steven Kerzner, whom she married in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|author= Rita Zekas|title= Sock it to me! At home with Ed The Sock's creator|url= http://www.thestar.com/article/612131|publisher= Toronto Star|date= 2009-04-04|accessdate=24 November 2014}}</ref> She eventually earned the positions of senior producer and co-head writer of the ''Ed's Night Party''. By 2004, she joined ], voiced by her husband, to become the first female co-host on the show. Kerzner has also been involved in many of Ed the Sock's other media projects, including the annual '']'' specials and ''Smartass: The Ed the Sock Report'', both on the Canadian cable television music and variety show television channel ]. She has written for the Accidental Comics series ''Ed 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 ''Ed'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 ] in Toronto. After two years off the air, Ed the Sock returned to TV on ] with a new show '']'' which is similar to his old show on ], ''Ed's Nite In''. The show is once again co-hosted by Liana K and also features comedian ]. In 2012, Ed the Sock and Liana K returned on CHCH with the new series '']''.

Kerzner also writes as a video game critic and reporter for 411MANIA,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://411mania.com/author/LianaKerzner/|title=411MANIA - LianaKerzner|publisher=411mania.com|accessdate=8 October 2014}}</ref> Metaleater,<ref>{{cite web|title= About|url= http://metaleater.com/about|publisher= metaleater.com|accessdate=24 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Five reasons why we should give #GamerGate another chance.|url= http://metaleater.com/about|author=Liana Kerzner|publisher= Metaleater|date= October 31, 2014|accessdate=24 November 2014}}</ref> and GamingExcellence (writing also about tabletop and live-action role-playing games),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamingexcellence.com/ourteam/lkerzner|title=About Liana Kerzner|publisher=GamingExcellence|accessdate=8 October 2014}}</ref> as well as a contributor for other gaming outlets such as Gameranx<ref name=gr>{{cite web|url=http://www.gameranx.com/features/id/22917/article/lindsay-lohan-sues-gta-v-can-rockstar-claim-parody-protection/|title=Lindsay Lohan Sues GTA V. Can Rockstar Claim Parody Protection?|author=Liana Kerzner|date=July 7, 2014|publisher=Gameranx|accessdate=8 October 2014}}</ref> and ].<ref name=soa>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuHfu3W1BGE|title=A Conversation with Polygon Contributor Liana Kerzner about #GamerGate and #NotYourShield|author=Sargon of Akkad|publisher=YouTube|date=18 September 2014|accessdate=8 October 2014}}</ref> She has been an honoured special guest and presenter at several comic book and science fiction events across North America, usually appearing dressed in character-based ] costumes.<ref name=ch/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/2346/Liana_Kerzner|title=Liana Kerzner Biography @ AnimeCons.com|publisher=AnimeCons|accessdate=8 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= Liana Kerzner|title= Costumes: Create a facsimile for Fan Expo|url= http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/684863|publisher= Toronto Star|date= 2009-08-23|accessdate=24 November 2014}}</ref> She and Ed co-hosted the 2007 ], and organized and hosted the ] ceremony at the ] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sfwriter.com/2009/08/thank-you-liana-k.html|title=Thank you, Liana K!|date=August 17, 2009|author=]|publisher=Sfwriter.com|accessdate=8 October 2014}}</ref> She is also co-founder of Toronto's science fiction convention Futurecon (annual since 2010), which is sponsored by her company Kerzner MediaArts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://popcultureaddict.com/futurecon/|title=This Week at PCA: Liana K Talks Futurecon|author=Sam Tweedle|date=December 19, 2012|publisher=Pop Culture Addict|accessdate=8 October 2014|accessdate=24 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://futurecon.org/archives/632/cnse-liana|title=CNSE Liana|publisher=Futurecon|accessdate=8 October 2014}}</ref> She has worked as a model, including as a ],<ref>https://twitter.com/redlianak/status/528987869504090112</ref> and had the '']'' comic book character Liana Kerzner, a lover of ], named after her.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicvine.com/liana-kerzner/4005-61251/|title=Liana Kerzner|publisher=Comic Vine|accessdate=24 November 2014}}</ref> {{clear}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Liana K}}
*{{twitter|redlianak}}
*{{youtube|channel|LianaK}}
*{{imdb name|0450155}}

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