ABOUT THE AUTHOR

MATT RADER IS THE author of three books of poems: A Doctor Pedalled Her Bicycle Over the River Arno (House of Anansi, 2011), Living Things (Nightwood Editions, 2008) and Miraculous Hours (Nightwood Editions, 2005), which was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. His poems, stories and non-fiction have appeared in The Walrus, Prism International, The Fiddlehead, The Journey Prize Anthology, Breathing Fire 2 and other publications across North America, Australia and Europe, and have been nominated for numerous awards including the Journey Prize and Pushcart Prize. He currently works in the Department of Creative Studies at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. His website is www.mattrader.com.