<p class="biography" <b Joan Dixon</b has long been fascinated by Canadian social and cultural history. She has been writing, editing and researching for books, magazines and other media for more than 25 years. She has published nine non-fiction books of her own and edited countless others. In 2010, her essay "The Perils of War and Mother-Son Relationships" won the James H. Gray Award for short non-fiction, and her essay "Embedded on the Home Front" was shortlisted for the Jon Whyte memorial essay prize. She lives in Redwood Meadows, Alberta.</p<p class="biography" <b Barb Howard</b is an author and editor who worked as a lawyer prior to completing her MA in creative… writing. She has published three novels and a collection of short stories. Her writing has appeared in anthologies and magazines across Canada, including <i The New Quarterly</i , <i Grain</i , <i The Dalhousie Review</i and <i Alberta Views</i . In 2009, Barb won the Writers Guild of Alberta Howard O'Hagan Award for short fiction. In 2012, she is shortlisted for the Howard O'Hagan Award and for the Ross Annett Award for children's literature. Barb lives in Bragg Creek, Alberta.</p