Terence Young: Terence Young is the author of four previous books, including The Island in Winter (nominated for the Governor General's Award for Poetry and the Gerald Lampert Award), Rhymes with Useless (nominated for the Danuta Gleed Award) and Moving Day, which was nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Award. He helped co-found The Claremont Review, a journal for young writers, and lives with poet and fiction writer Patricia Young.

"You should read these stories. But consider this a warning: you will find yourself nodding your head in agreement that the world is a sad and messed up place. These stories leave a stain on the heart." - Canadian Literature "Young's style is concise and uncomplicated, but nothing feels incomplete, nothing feels unsaid. He can, in only a few words, evoke feelings intrinsically understood."&#8212The Rover "Young's ability to create an engrossing world in ten or fifteen pages, one that convincingly constructs a range of characters, is impressive. A seamless flow backward and forward through time, the deft plucking of the right detail, a spare prose that doesn't read thin, and conversational exchanges that ring true are some of the qualities that allow the stories to achieve their effect."&#8212Lachlan Murray, The Vancouver Writer's Fest