TERRY GRIGGS has written a collection of short stories, Quickening, which was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, the acclaimed novel The Lusty Man, and a much-loved children’s book, Cat’s Eye Corner. Her stories have been published in magazines and anthologies including The Journey Prize Anthology and Writing Home: A PEN Anthology. Griggs is the 2003 recipient of the Marian Engel Award, given to a woman writer in mid-career.