Marie-Claire Blais Author & Editor

Marie-Claire Blais is one of Canada's best known authors whose books include Deaf To The City, Thunder and Light, and Wintersleep. She has received a wide variety of national and international prizes, including Prix France-Canada, Prix Athanase-David, Governor General's Literary Award, the W. O. Mitchell Literary Prize, Prix Médicis, Prix d'Italie, and Prix Prince Pierre de Monaco. She lives in Montreal, Quebec.

Janice Kulyk Keefer is the award-winning author of numerous works of poetry including The Paris-Napoli Express, Transfigurations, and Travelling Ladies. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.