Michael Kenyon was born in Sale, England and has lived on the West Coast since 1967. His work has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, the SmithBooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award, the Baxter Hathaway Prize in fiction, The Malahat Review Novella Prize, PRISM international’s fiction contest, the Journey Prize, and the National and Western Magazine Awards. He divides his week between Pender Island and Vancouver, having in both places a private therapeutic practice.