<p class="biography" <b Kathy Page</b 's seven novels include <i The Story of My Face</i , long-listed for the Orange Prize in 2002; <i Alphabet</i , shortlisted for a Governor General's Award in 2005; and <i The Find</i , shortlisted for the 2011 ReLit Novel Award. She is also a winner of the Bridport International Prize for short fiction and the Traveller Award, and a contributor to many prose anthologies. Kathy teaches creative writing at Vancouver Island University, and is a member of the Federation of BC Writers and the Writers Union of Canada. She lives on Salt Spring Island with her husband and two children.</p <p class="biography" Please visit <a… href="http://www.kathypage.info/" target="_blank" www.kathypage.info</a .</p
<p class="biography" <b Lynne Van Luven</b is an associate professor in the Department of Writing at the University of Victoria, where she teaches journalism and creative non-fiction. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications across Canada. She has edited four previous anthologies, including <i Nobody's Mother: Life Without Kids</i , <i Nobody's Father: Life Without Kids</i , and <i Somebody's Child: Stories About Adoption</i . Lynne lives in Victoria, BC.</p <p class="biography" Please visit <a href="http://finearts.uvic.ca/lynnevanluven" target="_blank" finearts.uvic.ca/lynnevanluven</a .</p