Andrea Robertson Editor & Author

Charlotte Beyer is Senior Lecturer in English Studies at the University of Gloucestershire, UK. Her background is in Women’s Studies, and she has a long-standing interest in motherhood and maternal studies. Charlotte has published widely on crime fiction and contemporary literature. Her edited monograph  Teaching Crime Fiction  will be published in summer 2018.  Charlotte’s co-edited monograph for Demeter Press, Travellin’ Mama: Mothers, Mothering and Travel with Janet MacLennan, ;Dorsía Smith Silva, and Marjorie Tesser will be published in spring 2019. She is on the Editorial Boards for the journals Feminist Encounters, The New Americanist, and American, British and Canadian Studies, and is Area Editor for The Literary Encyclopedia (post-1945 crime fiction).

Andrea Robertson<, RM, MHSc: I have been a Registered Midwife in Ontario, Canada since 2003 and member of faculty in the Midwifery Education Program at Ryerson University since 2010. My path to midwifery includes frontline work in shelters and services for women experiencing past or current violence, housing instability, and mental health issues. Along with close colleagues, I am committed to improving access to midwifery for populations who typically experience marginalization. I am grateful for the unrelenting support of my partner and children, and to each person who has included me in their pregnancy and birth experiences.