Author of the Canadian bestsellerYour Call Is Important to Us: The Truth About Bullshit(aGlobe and MailBest Book of the year), LAURA PENNY has a PhD in Comparative Literature, a MA in Theory and Criticism, and a BA in Contemporary Studies and English. She has worked as a bookstore clerk, a student activist, a union organizer, a university instructor, and her writing has appeared in theGlobe and Mail, theNational Post,Saturday Night, andToronto Life. She lives in Halifax, where she teaches at Mount Saint Vincent University.