CAROLYN MARIE SOUAID is the award-winning author of the novel, Yasmeen Haddad Loves Joanasi Maqaittik, set in Northern Quebec, and seven poetry collections, most recently This World We Invented. She has performed at festivals and literary events in Europe, Canada and the U.S. and her work has been translated into French, Arabic, Spanish and Slovenian. Her poems and short stories have appeared in magazines including The Malahat Review, The New Quarterly, and the Literary Review of Canada, and have been featured on CBC Radio. She lives in Montreal.