About the Author

Susan Zettell is the author of two short story collections, Night Watch and Holy Days of Obligation. Her stories have also been anthologized in Quintet, Spider Women, The Day the Men Went to Town and The Company We Keep. She edited, along with Frances Itani, the posthumous story collection One of the Chosen by Danuta Gleed. The Checkout Girl is her first novel.

Born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario, Zettell has lived in Cambridge, Vancouver, Halifax, Ottawa and Whitehorse. She now lives in Cape Breton with her husband.