- On July 23, 2013 it was confirmed that the overall number of writers whose work Lianne plagiarized to some degree or another was 35.
- Besides plagiarizing other writers' work for various reviews and articles that she "wrote," Lianne also plagiarized other writers' work for her college thesis papers.
- The Rondo Award Lianne won for her web series Fright Bytes was eventually rescinded in the wake of the plagiarism scandal. In addition, she withdrew her book Grindhouse Girls from St. Martin's Press.
- Graduated from the University of Toronto in 2007 with honors in the department of Cinema Studies.
- In July, 2013 it was discovered that Lianne's online reviews were plagiarized from other writers' work that she had attempted to pass off as her own writing. Moreover, it has been verified that articles Lianne wrote for the genre publications Fangoria, Video Watchdog, and Famous Monsters of Filmland also had plagiarized material in them. It was confirmed that Lianne has plagiarized various online reviews from over thirty writers in total. One of those writers was Joe Wawrzyniak (a.k.a. Woodyanders on the IMDb).
- Sister of Steve MacDougall.
- May 30, 2014: Lianne lives in Canada and works as an 8th school teacher for the Peel District School Board in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- In addition to her BA in Cinema Studies, she holds a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), Elementary Education and Teaching from the University of Toronto.
- Speaks Celtic.
- Mentioned in the book "The Horror of It All" by Adam Rockoff.
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