Sharon Butala is a bestselling author of both fiction and non-fiction and has established herself as a writer of national appeal. The Perfection of the Morning remained on bestseller lists for over a year, winning awards and a nomination for a Governor General’s Award. It was followed by another bestseller, Coyote’s Morning Cry, and Wild Stone Heart: An Apprenticeship in the Fields. Her novels include The Gates of the Sun, Luna, The Fourth Archangel and The Garden of Eden. Sharon Butala’s first collection of short stories, Queen of the Headaches, was nominated for a Governor General’s Award. Real Life is her most recent short story collection. In 1998, Sharon Butala won the Marian Engel Award for a woman writer in mid-career. She lives in Eastend, Saskatchewan, with her husband, Peter.